CUPERTINO, Calif. - September 25, 2002 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC), the world leader in Internet security, today announced that John W. Thompson, Symantec's chairman and CEO, will speak at the 15th Annual BusinessWeek CEO Summit in Washington, D.C. Thompson will participate in the Technology panel Thursday, September 26 from 8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. E.T. at The Ritz-Carlton.

In his presentation Thompson will comment on the changes in security technology over the past year and will talk about the future of enterprise security.

The 2002 CEO Summit will examine five critical forces: technology, culture, people and processes, globalization, brand and corporate governance.

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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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