AirDefense's David Thomas Joins the Georgia Tech Information Security Center's Advisory Board; Bryan Harkins Joins Wireless Network Professional Association

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2007

ATLANTA -- AirDefense, Inc., the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today announced that David Thomas, the company's vice president of product strategy was appointed to the Georgia Tech Information Security Center's Advisory Board (GTISC) and that Bryan Harkins, the company's training and development manager, was appointed vice chairman and chief technology officer of the Wireless Network Professional Association (WNPA).

"Our faculty and students look forward to interacting with David as he becomes a member of the industry advisory board," said Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC. "Wireless security is a key area of research for the Georgia Tech Information Security Center and David's deep understanding of the security challenges we face in this important area will definitely help us develop programs that will have high real-world impact."

"Wireless security is a key area of research for the Georgia Tech Information Security Center," said Thomas. "I am thrilled to be joining the Advisory Board and look forward to the opportunity to work with security and technology executives in the IT industry and the global business community."

As AirDefense's vice president of product strategy, Thomas is responsible for driving the company's overall product direction. He has successfully helped the company grow from a pre-revenue startup to readily addressing the needs of the largest Fortune 500 customers. Thomas has helped develop security strategies that enable the widespread and safe use of wireless technology to many high profile organizations such as IBM, CSC, the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency.

"I look forward to working with many other Association members to growing the WNPA in the months ahead as we become stewards to the larger community of wireless LAN professionals in the Atlanta area," said Harkins. "The membership of WNPA is growing and the creation of WNPA comes at a time when wireless providers, wireless integrators and software developers are building the latest innovations that will impact corporations in Atlanta and around the globe in the years ahead."

Bryan Harkins is AirDefense's training and development manager charged with creating and delivering technical training for both live and computer based learning for the AirDefense product line. Additionally, he is involved in product development and consulting. Harkins has worked on Wi-Fi projects from single AP SOHO deployments to vast enterprise deployments with multinational locations.

About GTISC

The Georgia Tech Information Security Center, a National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security designated Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, is an interdisciplinary center involving faculty from College of Computing, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and the School of Public Policy.

About WNPA

The Wireless Network Professional Association (WNPA) is a new professional association dedicated to the growing number of wireless professionals and the wireless industry. This is a link to the WNPA site: http://www.vtown.org

About AirDefense

AirDefense is the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security. The company is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection than any other company. AirDefense products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion prevention, both inside and outside an organization's physical locations and wired networks. Common Criteria-certified, AirDefense enterprise-class products scale to support single offices as well as organizations with hundreds of locations around the globe. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Atlanta, GA and serves nearly 700 government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.