AirDefense Wins Global Contract with Sony Ericsson.

AirDefense Enterprise to be Employed for Wireless Intrusion Prevention/Detection

ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today announced a contract with Sony Ericsson to secure the company's global wireless network with its award-winning product AirDefense Enterprise. As the market leader and innovator of wireless intrusion prevention and wireless troubleshooting, AirDefense will supply Sony Ericsson with a complete suite of wireless security and operational support solutions, securing the company's WLANs globally.

"It is essential that we are able to provide our employees with flexible wireless network access across the globe and we recognized the increased security threat that wireless networks bring to an organization. As a result, we have decided to work with AirDefense's leading WLAN security technology," said Paul Stephens, head of internal network services, Sony Ericsson. "AirDefense provides us the peace of mind from knowing that we can identify and eliminate all unsanctioned wireless laptops, APs, ad hoc networks and application-specific wireless devices as they enter our airspace. It is important to us to keep our workforce connected and productive while traveling and AirDefense allows them to do this securely."

Sony Ericsson's global wireless network requires 24/7 monitoring and AirDefense Enterprise is an intrusion prevention system that monitors the airwaves and provides the most advanced solution for rogue detection and mitigation, intrusion detection, policy monitoring and compliance, as well as automated protection, forensic and incident analysis and remote troubleshooting.

"AirDefense is delighted to be working closely with Sony Ericsson as it is further proof that our award winning AirDefense Enterprise product suite is the most comprehensive and robust on the market today," said Anthony Perridge, director EMEA, AirDefense. "Corporations as large as Sony Ericsson are at risk of rogue laptops and rogue APs abusing its wireless network and this contract is global in scale and demonstrates AirDefense's capability to deliver wireless security worldwide."

About Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards. Established as a joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in 2001, with global corporate functions located in London, including R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and America. Sony Ericsson celebrated the 5th anniversary of the start of the joint venture on 1st October, 2006. Sony Ericsson is the global title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information on Sony Ericsson, please visit www.sonyericsson.com

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 [phone] in Europe or +1 770.663.8115 in the US.