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AirDefense Launches Free Wireless Intrusion Prevention Educational Seminar Series in Select Cities Across North America

AirDefense security experts to demonstrate hacks and attacks and disclose latest trends and best practices for wireless networking security, performance and compliance management

Atlanta, GA- March 2, 2006 -AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today announced it will conduct a series of free wireless intrusion detection and prevention seminars for enterprises, healthcare organizations, financial services firms and government agencies throughout North America. AirDefense security experts will share the latest in wireless security trends, demonstrate common and emerging hacks and attacks, and suggest best practices for security and operational support.

Millions of mobile employees today are greatly enhancing productivity by using wireless devices to conduct business in and out of the office. However, along with the convenience of wireless connectivity comes an increase in security threats, including bridging, probing laptop, ad-hoc peer-to-peer network, phishing, evil twin, man-in-the-middle and other attacks. Today most computers, printers and other devices on the market are wirelessly enabled and actively search for and connect to any available wireless network, even when they are connected to an organization’s secure wired network. As a result, even those organizations not currently leveraging wireless technologies are at risk.

“Most organizations have spent millions to protect their physical locations and wired networks, but if you’re not securing the airwaves, you’re leaving the back door wide open for hackers,” said Richard Rushing, chief security officer for AirDefense, ranked among Red Herring’s Top 100 Private Companies in North America. “Wireless networks bleed across physical boundaries and can render internal networks vulnerable to attack. In our seminar series, we will share the secrets of hacking and provide businesses with the information they need to make smart decisions about how their organization will address the growing risks associated with wireless networking.”

Seminar series dates and cities:

Monday, March 6 Boston, MA
Tuesday, March 7 New York, NY
Wednesday, March 8 Washington, DC
Thursday, March 9 Philadelphia, PA
Monday, March 13 Chicago, IL
Tuesday, March 14 Houston, TX
Thursday, March 18 Denver, CO
Wednesday, March 22 San Francisco, CA
Thursday, March 23 Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, March 28 Atlanta, GA
Friday, March 31 Toronto, Canada

For more information and to register for the free breakfast seminar series, visit www.airdefense.net/seminars or call 770-663-8115 Ext. 227.

About AirDefense
AirDefense, the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring, is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection. Ranked among Red Herring’s Top 100 Private Companies in North America, 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 Alpharetta, GA, and serves hundreds of government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.

AirDefense Contact:
Bill Keeler/Liz Serotte
Schwartz Communications for AirDefense
781 684-0770
airdefense@schwartz-pr.com