Symantec Security Expert To Speak At Bank Technology Convention

CUPERTINO, Calif. - April 4, 2005 - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the global leader in information security, today announced that David Miner, director of financial services strategies and solutions for Symantec, will speak at the ABA Bank Technology Convention, April 6-8, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn.

Miner will participate in two sessions focusing on fraud prevention and management, including:

• Online Fraud Management: Strategies to Retain Trust and Minimize Risk, will be held on Thursday, April 7, from 8 - 9 a.m. ET. This session will discuss the importance of retaining customer trust in an environment where loss or theft of customer information is making headlines. This session will explore the growing online fraud business issue and what financial services organizations can do to retain customers' trust and minimize their own risk to online fraud scams.
• Fraud and ID Theft Prevention, will be held on Thursday, April 7, from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. ET. The roundtable discussion will examine the growing urgency surrounding fraud and identity theft that can impact the financial service organization's bottom line and reputation. To combat this growing threat, financial services organizations need to take action now. The session will outline best practice countermeasures, as well as outline how to build a framework for ongoing success.

As director of financial services strategies and solutions, Miner leverages Symantec solutions to solve specific business needs for the financial services industry and provides leadership in Symantec's long-term commitment to the industry. He has a unique combination of 20 years of bank management experience plus eight years of technology/solution sales and development. With this combination, he brings an experienced understanding of customer requirements and the role technology, applications, and operational execution plays in providing effective business solutions to the financial services industry.

The Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution provides the financial service enterprise a multi-pronged solution for mitigating online fraud. It protects the institution and their customers by blocking fraudulent emails from reaching consumers and alerting the company that its customers are under attack. At the same time, the Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution provides customer education, customer desktop security assessment, and customer protection technologies that protect the consumer as well as the enterprise network. By combining Symantec's award-winning technologies and information security knowledge, the Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution helps financial institutions to retain trust and minimize risk while helping consumers avoid becoming victims of online fraud.

Consulting services are also included in the solution to ensure that it meets the needs of individual financial institutions so that they can immediately begin mitigating their fraud exposure. For more information about Symantec's Online Fraud Management Solution, go to http://ses.symantec.com/onlinefraud.

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Symantec is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

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