Argyle Security, Inc. Appoints Alan Wachtel as Vice President.

SAN ANTONIO -- Argyle Security, Inc. (OTC BB:ARGL), a service and solutions provider in the physical electronic security industry, today announced that it has appointed Alan Wachtel as Vice President of Argyle Security.

Wachtel, 69, has served as a consultant to Argyle Security since the Company's inception in 2005. Wachtel will play a general role in helping Argyle Security to execute on its integrated buildup strategy, including a focus on mergers and acquisitions, marketing and product development.

Ron Chaimovski, Vice-Chairman and Co-CEO of Argyle Security, added, "We are very pleased to have Alan join our senior management team. Alan's tremendous experience - both domestically and internationally - will be an invaluable asset to Argyle Security as we strive to build a global platform in the security industry. Over the past two years, Alan has demonstrated to us strong leadership and project management skills, which will be helpful in managing Argyle's growth going forward."

Bob Marbut, Chairman and Co-CEO of Argyle Security, stated, "Alan's breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in security industry technology will play a critical role in helping Argyle Security to identify, evaluate and bring to market new opportunities and technologies in the security industry. Alan's successful career thus far includes a proven track record of international expansion, making him an excellent fit for Argyle Security."

Most recently, Wachtel served as Senior Vice President of SecTecGLOBAL, Inc., a marketing firm dedicated to developing residential security business in the cable television and electrical utility sectors. His distinguished career in the security industry also includes a 22-year tenure at Pittway Corp. (later Honeywell Security), with 13 years as Vice President of International Marketing. Pittway was the parent company of Ademco, which operated in the intrusion, access control and video sectors in the security industry. While at Pittway, Wachtel headed the Latin American Division and global international product development and marketing, helping to grow the international business from $20 million to $300 million. Earlier in his career, Wachtel founded a turn-key data processing systems division of General Instrument, an electronics conglomerate now part of Motorola, and Ontel, a producer of PC's. He also owns one of the earliest patents for DVRs.

Wachtel was previously Chairman/member of various Security Industry Association ("SIA") committees focused on developing security industry standards, and the former Chairman of the National Burglary & Fire Alarm Association ("NBFAA") Advisory Board, which focused on developing industry training programs. He holds a Bachelor of Science from C.C.N.Y and a Masters of Science from C.U.N.Y.

Wachtel is based at the Company's New York, New York office.

About Argyle Security, Inc.

Formed in 2005 and headquartered in San Antonio, TX, Argyle Security's goal is to become a leading global provider of services and solutions in the physical electronic security industry through an integrated buildup strategy. Argyle's channel focus is Video Surveillance, Access Control, Perimeter Protection, Intrusion Protection, Fire Detection and Threat Analysis, serving selected commercial, governmental and residential markets.

In July 2007, Argyle acquired ISI Security Group ("ISI"), the parent company for three rapidly growing service and solution providers in the physical security industry: ISI Detention Contracting ("ISI-Detention"), Metroplex Control Systems ("MCS-Detention"), and Metroplex Commercial Fire and Security Alarms ("MCS-Commercial"). ISI Detention is one of the nation's largest providers of detention equipment products and service solutions. MCS-Detention and MCS-Commercial specialize in turnkey, electronic security systems for facilities that include unique engineering competencies and proprietary software products, which have security system integration capabilities as applied to the correctional facilities market as well as to commercial markets. ISI was founded in 1976.

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