PROTEUS and Sourcefire, Inc. Sign
Partnership Agreement

Companies join forces to provide robust security
solutions to the Federal Government

Annapolis Junction, MD, August 21, 2007 – PROTEUS Technologies, a leading provider of professional software and systems engineering services, and Sourcefire, Inc., an open source innovator and creator of SNORT (R), have signed a premier reseller partnership agreement.  With the partnership agreement, PROTEUS will deliver customized, full service Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) solutions to DoD clients and will be backed by the full resources of Sourcefire Technical Support and Sourcefire Professional Services.

As hackers and automated intrusion “malware” becomes more sophisticated, the need to protect both Corporate and Government systems is more critical than ever.  “PROTEUS is honored to provide our clients with Sourcefire tools to provide comprehensive views of their network and other assets that require protecting”, says Jason Dixon, PROTEUS’ lead ETM engineer.  “Sourcefire’s 3D System responds to and defends modern attacks, correlating the events for trends and forensics analysis.  This translates into timely, accurate alerts with immediate feedback for engineers and management.”

“We are pleased to have this partnership with Sourcefire as a ‘trusted’ services provider to DoD organizations.  PROTEUS will work closely with analysts and engineering staff within various agencies to provide a full cadre of intrusion detection solutions for their threat operations center.  In turn, Sourcefire will gain insight into the technical challenges within the secure problem domain to further refine their already robust solutions.”

About PROTEUS Technologies
PROTEUS Technologies, headquartered in Annapolis Junction, MD, is a premier provider of leading-edge professional software and systems engineering solutions for the Intelligence Community, Government Health Services, and Commercial Industries. PROTEUS’ core services & solutions encompass Software Development Solutions, Database Solutions, Knowledge & Language Solutions and Network & Systems Engineering Solutions.

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. Recently, Sourcefire was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System Appliances 2H06" report, and the Sourcefire 3D System was named "Best Security Solution" at the 2006 SC Magazine Awards. 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.

SOURCEFIRE(R), SNORT(R), the Sourcefire logo, the Snort and Pig logo, SECURITY FOR THE REAL WORLD(TM), SOURCEFIRE DEFENSE CENTER(TM), SOURCEFIRE 3D(TM), RNA(TM), DAEMONLOGGER(TM) and certain other trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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