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Team with Gartner to Present Free Interactive Educational Forum on Network Security and Intrusion Prevention in NYC

Westboro, MA, January 05, 2004 -

Top Layer Networks, Inc., a provider of globally proven intrusion detection and prevention solutions, and Gartner, Inc. today announced that they will host a free interactive educational forum on network security on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004 in New York City. The forum will focus on intrusion prevention technology and asset protection best practices. Richard Stiennon, vice president with Gartner Research, and Mike Paquette, vice president with Top Layer Networks will present “Delving Deep into Intrusion Prevention” and “Asset Protection Using Intrusion Prevention Technology.”

For information security professionals and executives interested in protecting their critical on-line assets from cyber threats, the half-day session will offer an opportunity to learn directly from industry experts in an interactive forum. Attendees will gain important insight into how intrusion prevention technology can help protect their critical online assets from cyber threats. Together, Top Layer and Gartner will help attendees:

Ø Understand intrusion prevention technology and the current state of the market

Ø Gain insight into future intrusion prevention technologies

Ø Explore Gartner’s four paths to Network Security Nirvana

Ø Investigate deployments of internal firewalls

Ø Learn why the combination of a firewall, IDS and anti-virus is not enough

Ø Understand intrusion prevention as part of an effective network security strategy

Ø Devise an asset-specific approach to protection

Ø Compare application specific security and network infrastructure protection

Event Details:

Where: Millenium Hilton, 55 Church Street, New York City, NY 10007

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004,

Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am

Web site address: http://www.toplayer.com/invitations/031004_tlng.html

Seating is limited. Register today for complimentary admission. For additional information on this seminar, please contact: Seminar@TopLayer.com or call 508-870-1300, ext. 127.

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