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AirDefense Receives “2007 Reader’s Choice Award” From Information Security Magazine And Searchsecurity.Com

Company Earns Bronze in Wireless Category Featuring Cisco and CheckPoint

Atlanta, GA–April 9, 2007AirDefense, Inc., the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today announced that the company was honored with a “2007 Reader’s Choice Award” in the Wireless category from Information Security™ magazine and SearchSecurity.com.™ With more than 700 global enterprises using AirDefense’s products to detect and prevent wireless attacks, AirDefense Enterprise is the most comprehensive WLAN protection product suite on the market today.

In related news, AirDefense recently launched its patented WEP Cloaking Module™, the first and only technology for global retailers and other companies using the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security standard to protect wireless networks. Retailers can use AirDefense’s WEP Cloaking module to preserve their current investment in legacy handheld devices and avoid the potential cost of tens of millions of dollars for hardware upgrades and training. 

The “2007 Reader’s Choice Awards” are featured in the April issue of Information Security.  Editors from Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com, interviewed more than 1,500 information security executives and managers. Asked to assess and rate products deployed within their organizations from a listing of more than 340 products spanning 15 categories, the judging panel selected Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners within each product category. In the Wireless category Cisco received the Gold, Check Point Software the Silver and AirDefense the Bronze award.

“Receiving a ‘Reader’s Choice Award’ presented by the editors of Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com further validates our position as a leader among the largest enterprises competing around the world,” said Mike Potts, president and CEO of AirDefense. “AirDefense continues to expand its customer base as global companies deploy solutions to prevent wireless intrusions. AirDefense is clearly the choice for enterprises looking for the most secure and robust wireless LAN detection/prevention technology.” 

About Information Security
Information Security is the enterprise security and risk managers' leading source of critical, objective information on strategic and practical security issues. Information Security's team of veteran security journalists and experts break down the security problems challenging enterprises and provide practical resolutions. Its in-depth, comprehensive reports and analyses provide security managers--department managers to CXOs -- with the tools, knowledge and information they need to make informed decisions about how to safeguard their enterprises, comply with regulations and standards, and reduce risk. The publication’s analysis of technology and products provide a guide for budgeting and purchasing decisions and trends reports, case studies and industry-leading exposes offers security managers insight into how their peers are addressing and solving key security issues. Information Security is an indispensable guide for any security manager and executive charged with protecting information assets and reducing risk.

About SearchSecurity.com
More then 400,000 IT security pros turn to SearchSecurity.com for the information they require to keep their corporate data and assets secure. We're the only online information resource that provides immediate access to breaking industry news, virus alerts, webcasts, white papers, security schools, a selection of highly focused security e-newsletters and more - all at no cost. Nowhere else will you find such a highly targeted combination of resources specifically dedicated to the success of today's IT-security professional. Headquartered in Needham, MA, SearchSecurity.com is part of the TechTarget® network (www.techtarget.com). TechTarget publishes integrated media that enable information-technology (IT) marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and executives in all phases of the technology decision-making and purchase process.

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.

AirDefense Contact:
Bill Keeler or Brant Caraberis
Schwartz Communications
PH: 781-684-0770
airdefense@schwartz-pr.com

Kristin K. Callaway
AirDefense Public Relations
404.909.4646
kcallaway@airdefense.net

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