AirDefense Appoints Industry Veteran David Gagne as Vice President of Business Development; Gagne to Provide Expertise and Focus to Leading Wireless Intrusion Prevention Solution Provider

Business Wire, August 17, 2005

ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security, today named David Gagne as the company's new vice president of business development. In this role, Gagne's primary responsibility will be pursuing strategic alliances and partnerships for AirDefense in targeted markets, evaluating new pipeline products and technologies, and expanding leadership within the wireless security industry. Gagne brings more than 20 years of sales management and business development experience to AirDefense.

"We are pleased to welcome David to the team," said Anil Khatod, AirDefense's president and chief executive officer. "His extensive and diverse experience in the wireless and semiconductor sector will make him a valuable asset to AirDefense as we expand strategic partnerships for our wireless security products."

David Gagne most recently served as vice president of sales at Engim, where he managed sales and business development efforts for the wireless technology company. Gagne joined Engim after holding sales and executive management positions for various technology companies, including T-Networks, Tioga Technologies, Actel and Sharp. David received his BS in General Science from the University of Rochester, majoring in Optical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics.

AirDefense offers a broad platform of products to secure wireless devices and networks from malicious threats. The flagship product, AirDefense Enterprise, uses distributed sensors to monitor the airwaves and manage all wireless deployments by providing wireless networks with rogue detection, policy enforcement, intrusion prevention and health monitoring. AirDefense also offers a range of other potent wireless security products, such as AirDefense Personal, which quietly monitors mobile computers for malicious or accidental wireless activities and insecure network configurations that may cause exposures or policy violations.

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.