Atlanta, GA- August 23, 2005 - AirDefense, the leader in anytime, anywhere wireless security monitoring today announced that it has become the first and only wireless intrusion prevention (IPS) solution provider to receive Common Criteria certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) program. Common Criteria certification is an important and often mandatory requirement for conducting business with government agencies and gives current customers and prospects assurance that AirDefense Enterprise meets the strictest certification standard.

"As the leader in wireless intrusion detection and prevention, Common Criteria certification represents a major milestone for AirDefense Enterprise and it comes at a time when the company's government customer base continues to rapidly grow as many more agencies install wireless LANs," according to Anil Khatod, president and CEO of AirDefense. "Common Criteria certification provides our government customers with the confidence that AirDefense Enterprise meets the stringent security requirements stipulated by the federal government."

AirDefense Enterprise is used by many government agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, the United States House of Representatives and many other civilian agencies, to protect network data, detect unauthorized devices, mitigate threats and to monitor all wireless activity. In addition, AirDefense is being utilized by several DoD organizations as a key component in WLAN architectures which have received DoD DITSCAP accreditation.

The NIAP program is a U.S. Government initiative originated to meet the security testing needs of both information technology (IT) consumers and producers. NIAP is a collaboration between NIST and the NSA and the partnership combines the extensive IT security experience of both agencies to promote the development of technically sound security requirements for IT products and systems and appropriate measures for evaluating those products and systems.

About Common Criteria
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) established the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) to evaluate IT product conformance to international standards. The program, officially known as the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security (CCEVS) is a partnership between the public and private sectors. To help organizations select commercial off-the-shelf information technology (IT) products that meet their security requirements and to help manufacturers of those products gain acceptance in the global marketplace. Twenty countries now recognize the Common Criteria as the official third-party evaluation criteria for IT security procedures.