Atlanta - October 27, 2004 - AirDefense, the leader in 24x7 wireless LAN security and monitoring, today announced that Greg Thomas, the company's director of support, will moderate two panels and participate with other leading technology and financial services experts on a third panel at the CyberSecurity in the Financial Services Sector Executive Summit, October 27 and 28 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York. AirDefense is the "Network Security" summit sponsor and will be monitoring the wireless environment for network abuses and problematic stations and access points.

Greg Thomas will moderate a session on "Bluetooth risks" and a second session on "Mobile Devices and Wireless LANs: worms, viruses and system intrusions." These sessions will look at mobile wireless applications in terms of the risks they introduce to the enterprise because of the shared medium with which wireless and Bluetooth devices operate. The sessions will feature discussion of the current generation of wireless attack tools that can damage, destroy and infiltrate most wireless networks and what enterprises can do to secure their networks including encryption, authentication and intrusion detection techniques.

Thomas will also participate on a panel with JP Morgan and the Treasury Bank of Canada discussing the best practices of building a comprehensive, enterprise-wide cybersecurity management framework. Thomas will share the risks financial service institutions face when employees introduce wireless access points into the enterprise and what these organizations can do to protect against those risks.
Greg Thomas is a recognized subject matter expert in 802.11 and IPSec and has worked for industry leaders VeriSign, Sun Microsystems and IQ Software.
The CyberSecurity Summit brings together more than 450 delegates from the financial services industry to discuss emerging issues including spyware, phishing, spam and wireless.

About AirDefense, Inc.
AirDefense is the thought leader and innovator of wireless LAN security and operational support solutions. Founded in 2001, AirDefense pioneered the concept of 24x7 monitoring of the airwaves and now provides the most advanced solutions for rogue WLAN detection, policy enforcement, intrusion protection and monitoring the health of wireless LANs. As a key element of wireless LAN security, AirDefense complements wireless VPNs, encryption and authentication. Based on a secure appliance and remote sensors, AirDefense solutions scale to support single offices, corporate campuses or hundreds of locations. Blue chip companies and government agencies rely upon AirDefense solutions to secure and manage wireless LANs around the globe. For more information, go to http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.

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AirDefense, Inc.
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