MANDIANT’s Matt Frazier and Jason Shiffer to Present at RSA Conference 2008

Experts Discuss How a Security Software Product Was Built Using Open Standards

MANDIANT, an elite provider of incident response management services and solutions, announced today that Matt Frazier and Jason Shiffer will deliver a joint presentation on how an enterprise software security product was developed utilizing open standards and platforms at the RSA Conference 2008, held April 7-11 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Matt and Jason’s presentation, “Security is Testability: Product Transparency on the Shoulders of Giants” will be held on Thursday, April 10 at 10:40 a.m. PDT in Red Room 309 and will discuss how real-world, hands-on software developers leveraged open standards and platforms to build an enterprise security software product. The session will cover how this type of software was built and what technology tradeoffs were made during the software development lifecycle in order to build a secure product.

Matt Frazier has nurtured cutting-edge research into security products for 10 years, including video and global positioning system (GPS) integration with geographic information systems (GIS) for situational awareness. Prior to his current position, he applied computer vision to enterprise video for ObjectVideo's intelligent video surveillance products.

Jason Shiffer has been designing and developing large-scale systems for over 10 years. His background includes developing intelligent routing and switching systems and engineering large-scale authorization management software for America Online’s production environment.

MANDIANT is also hosting its Inaugural Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament at this year’s RSA Conference. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 9 from 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. PDT at the Moscone Center in Red Room 300. Space is limited and registration is required at: www.mandiant.com/poker.htm.

About MANDIANT

MANDIANT is an information security company providing professional services, education and software to Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, government agencies, domestic and foreign police departments and several of the U.S.’s leading law firms. MANDIANT security consultants are acknowledged experts in incident response, computer forensics, network security and application security. In addition to authoring nine books and numerous articles about computer forensics, incident response and rootkits, MANDIANT’s consultants have been featured on news programs including CBS’s 60 Minutes, CNN’s Talkback Live, NBC News and FOX News. MANDIANT operates offices in the Washington, DC area and New York City. For more information about MANDIANT visit www.mandiant.com

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