Symantec CEO to Keynote at RSA Conference 2007

Symantec CEO to Keynote at RSA Conference 2007

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that John W. Thompson, Symantec’s chairman and chief executive officer, will keynote at the RSA® Conference 2007 on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. PT. Several other Symantec executives will present in various conference tracks including Applied Security Case Studies, Policy & Government, Wireless, Security Solutions, Enterprise Defense, and Authentication. RSA Conference 2007 is being held Feb. 5-9, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

In his keynote, Thompson will discuss the need to implement a broad IT risk management program and the importance of ensuring that customers have confidence in today’s connected world. A live webcast of the speech will be available on Symantec’s Web site at www.symantec.com/news. To listen to the live event, please go to the Web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available on the site shortly after the keynote.

Indy Chakrabarti, group product manager, Compliance and Security Management, will participate in the panel “Reaping Value from an Effective Security Configuration Management Program,” part of the Applied Security Case Studies track, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 1:30 p.m. The panel will explore real-world case studies that demonstrate the challenges of implementing an effective security configuration management program.

Tiffany Jones, senior regional manager, Government Relations, will participate in the panel “Privacy and Data Security: Is It Time For Federal Legislation?,” part of the Policy & Government track, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 4:10 p.m. The panel will analyze the challenges associated with crafting federal legislation and demonstrate the impact that legislation will have on maintaining the privacy of information on the Web.

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