Company Strengthens Regional Focus with New Positions and Customer Training Initiatives
Open source innovator and SNORT® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in network intrusion prevention, today announced that the company is expanding its presence in Australia as part of a strategy to support the growing international demand for the company’s innovative security solutions.
“Since launching in the Asia-Pacific region four years ago, Sourcefire has seen significant demand for its solutions,” said John Czupak, Vice President of International Sales and Business Development for Sourcefire. “To support the growth in Australia, we are expanding our sales team and launching a new seminar series and training program. These ongoing investments will ensure that customers in this region continue to receive the same superior security technology, support and training that have enabled us to build such a strong foundation in the area.”
To support its strategic initiatives, Sourcefire is currently recruiting a Regional Sales Manager for Australia who will be responsible for all sales of Sourcefire technologies in the region, targeting Global 2000 and major Australian and New Zealand accounts. For more information on the Regional Sales Manager position, go to http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction= dspjob&jobid=207284&company_id=15640&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner= 998816&aid=1 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
In addition, the company is launching a new seminar series and training program to provide Sourcefire and Snort users with the tools to successfully deploy and manage its security solutions and protect their most critical assets.
New Seminar Series
Martin Roesch, the creator of SNORT® and the CTO and Founder of Sourcefire, will lead a new educational seminar, “Enterprise Threat Management (ETM): Bringing Security Together Through Intelligence.” Roesch will discuss a new, unified IT security approach for ETM and how this new model will improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs for network security, and mitigate organizational risks by adding network and user intelligence. He will also give insight into future developments of Snort and Sourcefire’s recent acquisition of ClamAV and what this means to the open source community.
These seminars will take place on:
* October 9th in Sydney at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel, and
* October 11th in Melbourne at The Westin Melbourne.
To register go to: http://www.securecomputing.net.au/surveys/sourcefire/sc_sourcefire.htm
Snort and Sourcefire 3D System Training and Certification Program
Sourcefire’s new fall line up of Snort and Sourcefire 3D System® training will be held in Melbourne and are designed for network and security administrators and security consultants. Attendees can take part in basic and advanced training and certification classes on a variety of topics, from building a Snort sensor to advanced rule writing to deployment strategies. Instructor-led classroom training for Snort is available September 25-28, and Sourcefire 3D System training is available October 1-4.
For more information, go to https://www.sourcefire.com/services/education/courses/ or call 1-866-505-9113.
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™ 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.