Citadel Security Software Announces Results of Shareholder Vote at Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Market Wire, July, 2005

Citadel Security Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CDSS) today reconvened its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 9:00 a.m. on July 27, 2005 at its corporate offices at 5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1600, Dallas, TX 75240 and announces that the shareholders have approved the following proposals presented to the shareholders for a vote at the meeting.

1.  Elected Chris A. Economou to the Board of Directors as a class 1
    director for a term expiring at its 2008 annual shareholders
    meeting;

2.  Approved an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated
    Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized
    shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000;

3.  Approved amendments to the Company's Certificate of Designations,
    Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to:
      a.  reduce the conversion price of the Series A Convertible
          Preferred Stock from $5.00 to $3.00; and
      b.  remove the 5% dividend preference of the Series A
          Convertible Preferred Stock;

4.  Approved the Company's private placement and the issuance of the
    Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the Warrants to Purchase
    Common Stock and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion
    of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants to Purchase
    Common Stock in an amount that, due to anti-dilution provisions, could
    potentially be 20% or more of its common stock outstanding as of the
    date of issuance, May 9 2005, in order to satisfy Nasdaq SmallCap
    listing requirements;

5.  Approved the issuance of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
    of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the warrants to purchase
    common stock issued in connection with the Series A Convertible
    Preferred Stock (and the warrants issued in exchange for such
    warrants) in an amount that could potentially be 20% or more of its
    common stock outstanding as of the date of their issuance,
    February 10, 2004, in order to satisfy Nasdaq SmallCap listing
    requirements; and

6.  Ratified the appointment of KBA Group LLP as its independent
    registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
    December 31, 2005.

About Citadel

Citadel Security Software (NASDAQ: CDSS) delivers security solutions that enable organizations to manage risk, reduce threats and enforce compliance with security policies and regulations. Citadel's proven architecture provides a business process to manage the increasing volume, frequency and complexity of cyber security attacks. Citadel combines the world's largest active library of remediations spanning all classes of vulnerabilities with a proven delivery methodology to dramatically streamline vulnerability management and security compliance and provide ROI from the first use. Citadel solutions are used across the Department of Defense, at the Veterans Administration, and within other government and commercial organizations. For more information on Citadel, visit www.citadel.com, or call 888-8CITADEL.

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