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FIREEYE JOINS INTERNET2 TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSORTIUM'S DEVELOPMENT OF  
HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORK SECURITY AND MALWARE ANALYSIS INITIATIVES

FireEye to Present at Spring Internet2 Member Meeting and Host Joint  
Webinar on Botnet Incident Response with Internet2

MILPITAS, Calif. - March 25, 2008 - FireEye, Inc., a leader in global  
anti-botnet protection, today announced that it has joined Internet2  
as a corporate member.  Internet2 is an advanced networking consortium  
led by the research and higher education communities.  FireEye plans  
to collaborate with the Internet2 community on advanced network  
security projects involving high-performance network security and next- 
generation malware analysis.  In addition, FireEye and Internet2 will  
host a joint webinar titled "Botnet Incident Response" on April 2,  
2008.  FireEye's chief security content officer Dr. Fengmin Gong will  
also present  "Scaling Security Analysis vs. Next-Gen Botnet Malware  
Using VM-Based Analysis," at the Spring Internet2 Member Meeting on  
April 21-23 in Arlington, Va.  Harold Stonebraker, a security  
investigator at FireEye, will present "Incident Response and Network  
Forensics: Avoiding Common IR Errors."

While emerging network technologies will be used by legitimate  
organizations to drive innovation, they may also be exploited by  
criminals and their botnets to conduct illicit activities.  As such,  
FireEye continues to advance its anti-botnet security technologies for  
the next-generation Internet.  As a corporate member of Internet2,  
FireEye will collaborate with higher education institutions and  
researchers to investigate how anti-botnet protections can be  
incorporated into the design of next-generation Internet technologies.

"Joining Internet2 highlights FireEye's commitment to advancing anti- 
botnet security technologies," said Ashar Aziz, CEO and founder of  
FireEye.  "FireEye will be collaborating with the Internet2 community  
on network security applications and technologies to have an impact on  
the research and higher education community and eventually the  
commercial marketplace.  The next generation of the Internet must have  
security designed and built-in.  Today, botnets have infected one  
quarter of the entire Internet and security will continue to be an  
urgent issue among university CIOs across the nation.  We look forward  
to working with the Internet2 community on these important security  
initiatives."

"One of the core values of the Internet2 community is its commitment  
to the exploration and development of leading-edge Internet technology  
in collaboration with industry," said Joe St. Sauver, Internet2  
manager, security programs.  "The Internet2 community provides FireEye  
innovative partnership opportunities and a test bed for examining  
future network-based security services and capabilities."

Dr. Michael J. Staggs, a chief security investigator at FireEye, will  
be the featured speaker at a joint Internet2/FireEye webinar titled,  
"Botnet Incident Response" on Wednesday, April 2, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  
EDT.  Dr. Staggs will cover how with proper botnet incident response  
IT can preserve critical and contextual data surrounding a particular  
botnet infiltration to more quickly and accurately address violations  
of security and use policies.  His presentation is designed to help IT  
and security professionals avoid common incident response errors by  
leveraging network forensics best practices, policies and procedures.   
Registration information can be found at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/993212238

At the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting which will take place from  
April 21-23 in Arlington, Va., Dr. Fengmin Gong, chief security  
content officer at FireEye, will speak on "Scaling Security Analysis  
vs. Next-Gen Botnet Malware Using VM-Based Analysis."  Dr. Gong plans  
to discuss how existing security tools already deployed in the IT  
infrastructure coupled with actionable botnet intelligence can make a  
difference in the war against botnets.  Botnet intelligence is  
critical for controlling a botnet throughout its life cycle, from  
initial infection to bot installation and botnet activities.  Dr.  
Gong's session is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22 at 4:30 p.m.-5:30  
p.m. EDT.  In addition, Harold Stonebraker, a security investigator at  
FireEye, will present "Incident Response and Network Forensics:  
Avoiding Common IR Errors."  Stonebraker will cover how DDoS attacks,  
malicious code infections, and unauthorized access incidents are  
steadily increasing in frequency and risk.  He will discuss effective  
counterattack plans to defuse potential damage to the organization,  
and network forensics is fast becoming the critical link in botnet  
incident response.  The discussion takes into account restoral versus  
forensics approaches to botnet incident response; security, business  
and compliance trends; and current best practices to support botnet  
incident response initiatives.  Stonebraker's session is scheduled for  
Wednesday, April 23 at 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT.

About the FireEye Botwall Solution
The FireEye Botwall(TM) security appliances and FireEye Botwall  
Network service together provide comprehensive anti-botnet  
protection.  FireEye Botwall appliances analyze enterprise networks  
for bot activities and compromised machines.  The FireEye Botwall  
Network is a globally deployed botnet discovery and analysis service  
which provides subscribers with the most current botnet intelligence  
to complement on-premise anti-botnet security appliances.  It catalogs  
and disseminates botnet characteristics derived from malware analyses  
which are conducted by interconnected networks of FireEye Botwall  
security appliances selectively deployed at service providers around  
the world.  FireEye's solution offers the industry's first complete  
global and local anti-botnet protection to precisely identify,  
understand, and stop emerging botnet and malware threats.

About Internet2
Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by  
the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes  
the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network  
capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together  
facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary  
Internet technologies.  By bringing research and academia together  
with technology leaders from industry, government and the  
international community, Internet2 promotes collaboration and  
innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet.

About FireEye, Inc.
FireEye, Inc. is the leader in anti-botnet protection, enabling  
organizations to protect critical intellectual property, computing  
resources, and network infrastructure against bot infiltration.  
Today's most damaging attacks originate from and through highly  
organized botnets, or networks of remotely controlled, compromised  
machines. FireEye delivers a complete solution that is designed from  
the ground up to detect and protect organizations from botnets through  
global and local intelligence and analysis. The company is backed by  
Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and JAFCO.  For more  
information, contact (408) 321-6300 or email: . Visit  
us at www.FireEye.com.

Agency Contact:
Arlene Lim
Loughlin/Michaels Group
408.910.3112


Company Contact:
Phillip Lin
FireEye, Inc.
408.321.6300