Sourcefire Awards Two Cyber Security Scholarships

Program Recognizes The Next Generation of Security Professionals Who Leverage
Snort to Further Their Training
COLUMBIA, Md.--(Business Wire)--
Open source innovator and Snort ® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a
leader in Cyber Security, today announced the winners of its fifth annual Snort
Scholarship Program. Sourcefire® awarded two $5,000 Cyber Security scholarships
to deserving university students using Snort to provide real-world experience in
network security.

"Ten years after its initial release, Snort has become the leading training tool
for providing practical intrusion prevention experience to professionals and
students worldwide," said Martin Roesch, Sourcefire CTO and the creator of
Snort. "Our goal with this scholarship program is to reward this next generation
of Snort users, while ensuring that the open source community is continuing to
be infused with new ideas and innovations."

To qualify for this award, participants needed to be enrolled in a
Snort-certified university that uses Snort or Sourcefire products to protect its
network or uses Snort as part of the curriculum in a security class. After
receiving hundreds of applications, Sourcefire selected the two winners:

* John Jasen, a Bachelor of Science candidate in Information Systems Management
at The University of Maryland University College. Jasen has been using Snort for
nearly ten years to both further his education and as an information security
professional.
* Ashley Chonka, a PhD degree candidate in Computer Science at Deakin University
in Australia. Chonka uses Snort as part of his doctoral research into malware
and denial of service attacks.

With 3.7 million downloads and more than 227,000 registered users, Snort is the
de facto standard for intrusion prevention technology. Snort was also recently
named Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution at the 2009 SC Awards. The
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research TeamTM (VRT) works closely with the open
source community to help ensure Snort`s leadership and develop the official VRT
Certified Snort Rules that are distributed on Snort.org. This collaboration
results in a much faster response to new threats while maintaining unparalleled
quality and performance.

About Sourcefire

Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), Snort creator and open source innovator, is a
world leader in Cyber Security solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the way
Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and minimize network
security risks. Sourcefire`s IPS and Real-time Adaptive Security solution 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 40 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.

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