AirDefense's Scott Hrastar Named one of InfoWorld Magazine's Top Chief Technology Officers for 2005

Business Wire, April 11, 2005

ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security, today announced that Chief Technology Officer and co-founder Scott Hrastar has been named one of Infoworld Magazine's "Top 25 CTOs of 2005." The award acknowledges Hrastar's accomplishments at AirDefense, where he is responsible for the company's innovative wireless network security architecture and its patent-pending multidimensional approach to intrusion detection and prevention.

Chosen by InfoWorld's team of editors and leading CTOs from the publication's CTO Advisory Council, the award winners were selected for demonstrating innovative technical accomplishments, results-driven vision and range of influence both inside and outside their companies.

"Dr. Hrastar has played a pivotal role in creating and overseeing the creation of the architecture of AirDefense's product line and position as a pioneer and leader of the Wireless LAN monitoring and intrusion prevention industry," according to Jay Chaudhry, AirDefense's chairman and co-founder. "Dr. Hrastar's vision has been instrumental in the development of products for wireless LAN monitoring and intrusion prevention that have no equals."

Dr. Scott Hrastar is a veteran of the networking industry, with 17 years of experience in the area of network communications architecture, network management, network protocol development and computer systems security. He has published a number of industry papers and has been granted thirteen U.S. patents, with fifteen others pending. Hrastar holds the B.S.E.E. degree from the Ohio State University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

About AirDefense, Inc.

AirDefense is the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring. The company's products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion protection both inside and outside an organization's four walls. AirDefense's enterprise-class products scale to support everything from single offices to organizations with hundreds of locations. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Alpharetta, GA and services hundreds of government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.