Symantec Experts to Speak at GFIRST National Conference.CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC SYMC Symantec Corporation (stock symbol) ), the global leader in information security, today announced that two Symantec security experts will present at the Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams See FIRST. (GFIRST GFIRST Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams ) National Conference, April 5-7, at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. Designed to draw public and private sector experts together for discussions on information security technologies, strategies and procedures, the conference provides an exchange of perspective and ideas for federal government information security response teams in the military, intelligence and law enforcement communities. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]On Tuesday, April 5, John McCumber, Symantec's public sector strategic program manager, will deliver a presentation titled "Assessing and Managing Security Risk in IT Systems." The presentation will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. McCumber will outline key risk management criteria for enterprises and offer recommendations for achieving mission-appropriate balances of IT asset security and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. . E[acute accent]On Wednesday, April 6, Oliver Friedrichs, a senior manager with Symantec Security Response, will deliver a presentation on key findings of Symantec's seventh bi-annual Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. Threat Report. The presentation will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. Friedrichs will outline current trends pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to IT vulnerability totals, network attack activity, malicious code developments, and future concepts to monitor going forward. His remarks will also describe mitigating strategies for countering evolving information security threats. E[acute accent]About Symantec E[acute accent]Symantec is the global leader in information security providing a broad range of software, appliances and services designed to help individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises secure and manage their IT infrastructure. Symantec's Norton brand of products is the worldwide leader in consumer security and problem-solving solutions. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 35 countries. More information is available at http://www.symantec.com. E[acute accent]NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please view the Symantec Press Center at http://www.symantec.com/PressCenter/ on Symantec's Web site. All prices noted are in US dollars and are valid only in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . E[acute accent]Symantec and the Symantec logo are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States and certain other countries, of Symantec Corporation. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. |
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