"ClamAV is one of the most respected open source security solutions in the world, and Sourcefire is now enabling organizations protecting critical assets to implement this leading technology with the confidence that it is backed by one of the strongest support organizations in the industry," said Martin Roesch, CTO and Founder of Sourcefire and Creator of Snort. "Many of our commercial customers and open source users are looking for solutions that can stop critical personal information from leaving their networks, but have been reluctant to invest in expensive, stand-alone technologies. By adding DLP capabilities to ClamAV, Sourcefire is providing the community with a trusted, innovative and commercially supported solution for protecting critical personal information against two of the leading forms of identity theft."

With its new support offering, Sourcefire is delivering the commercial responsiveness required to provide large organizations with the confidence needed to implement ClamAV for protecting their critical environments. Certified ClamAV Support subscribers will now receive the same level of expertise and rapid response that Sourcefire commercial customers enjoy today. This provides both business and government organizations with both peace of mind and the ability to satisfy procurement guidelines.

"Sourcefire is providing the ClamAV community with the perfect combination of open source leadership backed by one of the security industry's best customer support organizations," said Tomasz Kojm, ClamAV project leader. "This combination of commercial support and new DLP rules is a significant step for ClamAV. We are excited that Sourcefire is dedicating the resources required to deliver the top tier support and innovation we always envisioned for our users."

In addition to 24x7 commercial support, Sourcefire Certified ClamAV Support subscribers can now download ClamAV as a Certified Binary for easier and faster implementations. By delivering binaries and eliminating the need to compile source code, Sourcefire provides these users with the confidence that the latest release of ClamAV has been tested for use on popular UNIX platforms, including Red Hat and Solaris.

ClamAV is an open source (GPL) security solution designed primarily for email scanning at the gateway, and is widely used to identify deeply embedded threats such as viruses, trojans, spyware and other forms of malware. With more than 1 million IP addresses downloading daily updates, ClamAV is one of the most commonly used open source anti-virus and anti-malware products in the world. Renowned for its speed and accuracy, ClamAV is comparable in quality and coverage to leading commercial anti-virus products. In addition to the rapid innovation of its anti-malware detection engine, the core ClamAV team and user community deliver daily updates to the ever-growing virus database of over 160,000 signatures.

Sourcefire Certified ClamAV Support subscriptions will be available December 14, 2007 starting at $599 per server. For more information visit http://sourcefire.com/products/clamav.

The ClamAV DLP modules will be available for download beginning in January 2008 at www.clamav.org.

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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