SOURCEFIRE 3D SYSTEM NAMED PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

Company Honored for Leading Innovation in Maryland

Columbia, MD, May 10, 2005 - Sourcefire, Inc.,the world leader in real-time network defense, today announced that the Sourcefire 3D System was awarded “IT Product of the Year” by the Technology Council of Maryland (TCM).  Sourcefire was recently named the fastest growing security company in the US and is widely recognized as the most innovative security company in the industry.  This is the company’s eighth industry honor since the beginning of 2005.

“Sourcefire is the fastest growing security company in the US because our innovative solutions solve real world issues and this award is further validation of our leadership,” said Martin Roesch, CTO of Sourcefire. “The Sourcefire 3D System provides users with the ability to protect their environments in real-time, which is a capability few other solutions can even claim. We are very proud of this award from the Tech Council of Maryland and the hard work it represents.”

Sourcefire received this honor at the Tech Council’s 16th Annual Awards Dinner, recognizing Maryland’s leading technology companies. Nearly 900 executives throughout the Washington D.C. metro area, including Maryland’s Governor Robert Ehrlich Jr., attended the ceremony to honor this year’s winners. 

Sourcefire has a long history of innovation – starting with the creation of the open-source technology Snort®, the de facto standard for intrusion detection and prevention which has been downloaded more than two million times and is actively used by over 100,000 organizations worldwide. Throughout 2005, Sourcefire has consistently received industry accolades for its innovation and achievements.

Earlier this year Sourcefire was named Frost and Sullivan’s “Security Company of the Year;” the Most Innovative Company at the RSA Conference and a finalist in the Red Herring’s “Top 100 Private Companies. In addition, the Sourcefire 3D System received “NSS Approved” certification in March, and in April Sourcefire RNA became only the fifth product in history to receive “NSS Gold” for its unique ability to solve customers’ security issues.  The company also received the Best Intrusion Solution honor from the prestigious Global SC Awards for Snort. 

About Sourcefire’s 3D System
Sourcefire’s 3D Approach – Discover, Determine, Defend – to securing real networks in real-time provides proactive defense-in-depth through an integrated process of discovering risks, vulnerabilities and threats; determining their business impact ;and taking the appropriate action to defend the network. Sourcefire’s 3D System, including Sourcefire Intrusion Sensors and Agents, Sourcefire RNA Sensors and the Sourcefire Defense Center, provides companies with the most effective security possible.

The Sourcefire 3D System offers the most flexible and precise intrusion prevention and network discovery technologies worldwide.  Sourcefire Intrusion Sensors utilize the award-winning Snort™ rules-based detection engine, bringing the benefits of signature, protocol, and anomaly-based inspection methods to all network traffic at speeds up to 8 gigabits per second.  In addition, Sourcefire RNA Sensors passively monitor a network to deliver highly detailed, real-time profiles of all network assets including their configuration, behavior, potential vulnerabilities and associated changes.  By tightly integrating and correlating the threat information provided by Sourcefire Intrusion Sensors and Agents with the network intelligence provided by Sourcefire RNA Sensors, the Sourcefire Defense Center easily prioritizes the millions of security events to determine the most critical events to an organization’s business and takes the appropriate actions.  These actions follow the ABCs of Defense – Alert, Block, Correct – all in real-time to deliver the most effective security.

About Sourcefire
Sourcefire, Inc., the world leader in real-time network defense solutions, is transforming the way organizations manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover, Determine, Defend - to securing real networks in real-time. The company's ground-breaking network defense system unifies intrusion and vulnerability management technologies to provide customers with the most effective network security available. Founded in 2001 by the creator of Snort, Sourcefire is headquartered in Columbia, MD and has received numerous accolades including being named the Frost & Sullivan 2005 Network Security Infrastructure Protection Company of the Year. At work in leading Fortune 1000 and government agencies, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and intelligence in network security. For more information about Sourcefire, please visit www.sourcefire.com.