Symantec Offers Webcast on First Firewall Solution for IBM eServer iSeries

CUPERTINO, Calif. - June 10, 2003 - Symantec Corp., (Nasdaq: SYMC) the world leader in Internet security, today announced that it will offer a webcast providing recommendations on how enterprises can protect the mission-critical information typically stored on IBM eServer iSeries servers. The webcast, titled “Comprehensive Firewall Protection: Symantec Enterprise Firewall for IBM eServer iSeries,” will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 8:00 a.m. PDT and 11:00 a.m. PDT. Attendees may register at http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content/webcastinfo.cfm?webcastid=57.

iSeries customers are achieving new levels of efficiency and new business methods by leveraging the Internet to communicate with customers, partners, and suppliers. While the Internet affords many opportunities, the electronically interconnected world also brings significant risks to corporate assets and business transactions. To guard organizations from intrusion and complex blended security threats – Symantec Enterprise Firewall for IBM eServer iSeries protects enterprise assets and business transactions by ensuring fast and secure connections with the Internet and between networks.

Michele Araujo, product manager, Symantec Enterprise Firewall, will host the webcast informing participants about the benefits and implementation of the Industry's first enterprise-level, full-application inspection firewall available for the iSeries server.

About Symantec
Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec’s Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in 36 countries. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com.

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