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AirDefense Founder and Executive Chairman Jay Chaudhry
to Speak at Inaugural Information Security Conference

ATLANTA, February 9, 2005 - AirDefense, the leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security, today announced that Executive Chairman and Founder Jay Chaudhry will speak at the inaugural Information Security Conference on Monday, February 14 from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Argent Hotel, San Francisco. This half-day symposium is sponsored by America's Growth Capital and is being held before the 2005 RSA Conference.

Chaudhry will join a panel of distinguished executives in a discussion titled "Next Generation Security Architectures." Chaudhry is one of five industry experts on the panel. Other participants include Peter George, CEO of Crossbeam Systems; Pat Clawson, CEO of CyberGuard; Ken Xie, CEO of Fortinet and Kip McClanahan, president of Tipping Point Security Division, 3Com. Moderating the panel will be Ben Howe, co-founder and managing partner of America's Growth Capital. The symposium will feature executives from leading public and private information security companies who will discuss technology, market and competitive trends with an audience of institutional and private equity investors as well as industry participants from across the country.

Jay Chaudhry, who founded AirDefense in 2001, is a seasoned entrepreneur and experienced technology executive with a track record of success. His background includes 20 years of sales, marketing and engineering experience from leading companies such as IBM, NCR and Unisys and the successful launch of several entrepreneurial companies.
In 1997, Chaudhry founded SecureIT, the first pure-play Internet security services company to experience exponential revenue growth. As a self-funded company of more than 60 employees, SecureIT was acquired by VeriSign in July 1998. After serving as vice president and general manager of the Security Services Division at VeriSign, Chaudhry's entrepreneurial spirit intensified and he went on to co-found and launch several successful start-up technology companies, including CipherTrust, the developer of the industry's first security appliance for email systems and Air2Web, a developer of the leading mobile Internet platform.
AirDefense executives will be available for press and analyst briefings at the RSA Conference. AirDefense is co-exhibiting with IBM in booth # 742. If you would like to arrange a meeting with AirDefense at RSA, please contact Annelise Armstrong or Bill Keeler of Schwartz Communications at (781) 684-0770 or airdefense@schwartz-pr.com.

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.

Contact:
Heidi Litner
AirDefense, Inc.
770-663-8115 x:110
hlitner@airdefense.net




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