SOURCEFIRE®WINS PRESTIGIOUS SC MAGAZINE AWARD

Published 28th April 2008

Snort Voted Best Network Security Product in the Industry

Wokingham, UK – 24 April, 2008 – Open source innovator and SNORT® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIRE), a leader in Enterprise Threat Management, today announced that it won the Product Award category for “Best Network Security” for Snort from the SC Magazine Awards 2008 Europe.

These highly acclaimed and prestigious awards are designed to reward excellence and innovation in the IT Security industry. In total, Sourcefire was short-listed for three awards; the Product Awards, where Snort was nominated and won the "Best Network Security" category and the Sourcefire 3D™ System was nominated for "Best Security Management." In the Professional Awards, Sourcefire was nominated for "Best Security Company."
Snort was among more than 300 entries submitted for the SC Magazine Awards Europe. The judging panel consisted of a number of CSOs and high level IT Security executives. Sourcefire was presented with this fantastic accolade at the SC Magazine Awards Dinner on the evening of Tuesday 22nd April, 2008.

Commenting on the win, Graham Welch, Managing Director for EMEA for Sourcefire said, "We are thrilled that Snort has been recognised as the “Best Network Security” product in the market today. But more than this, we are delighted that Sourcefire was actually short-listed in not one, but three different categories for the SC Magazine Awards Europe. This clearly demonstrates our market leading innovation of enterprise network security solutions.”

“As the worldwide standard for Intrusion Prevention, Snort continually outpaces its competition and provides a level of security that few other solutions can match,” said Martin Roesch, Founder and CTO of Sourcefire and Creator of Snort. “This SC Magazine Award validates the efforts of both Sourcefire and the open source community, and the superior value we deliver to our users.”

The SC Awards Europe are widely considered the most influential awards programme in the information security industry and stand out as a true benchmark of achievement. Now in their thirteenth year, the Awards have a long-standing tradition of promoting excellence. The winners of the SC Magazine Awards Europe 2008 were announced at the Awards event, which took place at the Hurlingham Club in West London on 22nd April, 2008 during the InfoSecurity Show 2008.

The editor of SC Magazine Paul Fisher said, "Tonight was fantastic. Our winners were chosen from some truly outstanding finalists. The judges had a tough time choosing the eventual winners. The industry is in great health.”
For further details on the awards and other winners please visit:
http:www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/804222/sc-awards-europe-2008-winners-announced/

About SC Magazine
SC Magazine is an unrivalled intelligence source for information security and risk professionals. Its readership includes FTSE 100 CISOs and CSOs who are relied upon to protect their businesses from the wide-ranging data threats that exist in the world today. Each issue of the magazine includes news and threat analysis, stats, features on the security issues that matter, and insightful columns from industry experts. The SC Interview, carried in every issue, profiles the key thinkers in information security, including the CEOs of the leading IT security vendors. Unique in its sector, SC also publishes comprehensive product reviews and group tests of IT hardware and software. SC is indispensable for anyone with an interest in information security and protecting their business.

About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIRE), Snort creator and open source innovator, is a world leader in Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the way Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover, Determine, Defend - to securing real networks. The Sourcefire 3D(TM) System is the first to unify IPS, NBA, NAC and Vulnerability Assessment technologies under the same management console. This ETM approach equips customers with an efficient and effective layered security defense - protecting network assets before, during and after an attack. Through the years, Sourcefire has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media and industry analysts alike - with more than 30 awards and accolades. Today, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and network security intelligence. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit http://www.sourcefire.com.

The following product categories are represented by the acronyms: Intrusion Prevention System (IPS); Network Behavior Analysis (NBA); Network Access Control (NAC); Vulnerability Assessment (VA).

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