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Fortinet to Present at Black Hat Europe 2010 Conference

Fortinet Security Research Experts to Unveil Findings on Emerging Threats and Vulnerabilities

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Mar 25, 2010 - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced that experts from its FortiGuard® Global Security esearch Team will be unveiling key findings and sharing their in-depth research of emerging threats and vulnerabilities at the Black Hat Europe 2010 conference on April 12-15, 2010, in Barcelona, Spain.

Members of Fortinet's security research team will present the following papers:

  • "Protocol, Mechanism and Encryption of Pushdo/Cutwail/Webwail Botnet," Wednesday, April 14, 3:15 p.m. Speaker: Kyle Yang, Senior Malware esearcher.
  • "Adobe eader's Custom Memory Management: a Heap of Trouble," Thursday, April 15, 11:30 a.m. Speakers: Haifei Li, Senior Security esearcher and Guillaume Lovet, Threat esponse Senior Manager.

For more information about the Black Hat Europe 2010 conference, please visit: http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-eu-10/bh-eu-10-home.html. Information on Fortinet's FortiGuard Threat esearch and esponse Center can be found at http://www.fortiguard.com/.

About Fortinet(www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

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