COLUMBIA, Md. - (Business Wire) Open source innovator and SNORT
® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), a leader in Enterprise Threat Management, today announced that the company
’s founder and CTO, Martin Roesch, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year
® 2008 Award in Maryland.
According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Marty was selected as a finalist from nearly 50 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 19 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
“The success of Sourcefire has always been a team effort, and I have been fortunate to work with some of the best people in the business -- at Sourcefire, our partners, customers and within the open source community,” said Martin Roesch, Founder and CTO at Sourcefire and Creator of Snort. “This recognition from Ernst & Young validates the efforts of everyone who has helped ensure that Sourcefire remains true to its original mission of delivering innovative solutions that effectively and efficiently solve real-world security challenges.”
Martin Roesch has a long history of identifying real-world challenges and developing solutions that address those exact needs, delivering innovative technologies that consistently change the way users protect their networks and assets. In 1998 he developed Snort, which quickly became the world's most widely deployed Intrusion Detection and Prevention technology with more than 191,000 active users and over three million downloads to date. Snort is the de facto standard for intrusion detection and prevention, used extensively by Fortune 100 and Global 500 enterprises.
Based on Martin's leadership, Sourcefire is consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership with more than 30 awards and accolades to date. Most recently, Marty was named one of eWeek’s Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, and Snort was named “Best Network Security” by the SC Magazine Awards 2008 Europe. In addition, Sourcefire RUA was recognized as a 2007 Tomorrow's Technology Today Award winner by Info Security Products Guide. To view Sourcefire's awards, go to http://www.sourcefire.com/news/awards/.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 22nd anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world.
Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 15, 2008. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors.
In Maryland, sponsors include Clifton Gunderson LLP, DLA Piper, Provident Bank, Baltimore SmartCEO, and The Mergis Group.
About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.
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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.
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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