Citadel Announces the Hiring of Executive Vice President of Sales for Inlighten.com.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999--

Citadel Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: CITN), a provider of network and desktop security software products, and its Internet e-commerce subsidiary, Inlighten.com (Inlighten), announced today the appointment of Edward C. Krupa as Executive Vice President of Sales for Inlighten.com.

Mr. Krupa has over fourteen years of senior sales and management experience with industry leading companies. Prior to joining Inlighten, Mr. Krupa was the Worldwide Director of Global Enterprise Partner Sales for Tivoli Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM Corp., specializing in systems management software. Under his management the Global Enterprise Partner Sales division generated over $300 million in revenue in fiscal 1998. Mr. Krupa also served as the Director of Business Partner Sales, North America and Sales Executive, South Central Region at Tivoli. Before working with Tivoli Systems, Inc., Mr. Krupa was the National Sales Manager for Autotester, Inc., and he held senior sales and marketing positions at Viasoft, Inc., Pansophic Systems, Inc., and Computer Associates.

Commenting on the hiring of Mr. Krupa, Steven B. Solomon, President and Chief Executive Officer for Citadel and Chairman of Inlighten.com said, "We are extremely pleased to be adding someone with Edward Krupa's experience, industry contacts and sales accomplishments to our management team." Mr. Solomon continued, "Mr. Krupa shares our vision for creating a synergistic sales strategy for the different services Inlighten will offer, chiefly online rebates, content creation and conversion, user manuals and software training, and enhancing the value of top level companies."

"Joining Inlighten now allows me to utilize my extensive industry contacts to help the company grow from the ground floor up." said Mr. Krupa. "I am excited by the opportunity to continue the growth trajectory of Inlighten, by implementing our business philosophy of developing Internet strategies for companies, helping them to realize their full potential with the benefit of our e-commerce and e-business strategic services."

The Inlighten Community will include numerous business and consumer portals, including How2HQs, the RebatesHQ, as well as others currently under development.

For further information on Inlighten.com or Citadel Technology, visit our homepages at www.inlighten.com or www.citadel.com. Contact us directly by writing or calling: 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75219; phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]. For Media or Investor Relations contact: The Investor Relations Group at 212.664.8489.

The above statements are not strictly historical facts and include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual results of the future events described in such forward-looking statements could differ materially as a result of, among other things, the following: timing and delays related to distribution of an information statement based on the SEC review process, implementation of internet strategies, integration of technology, transition of selling and distribution methods, the availability of capital on terms acceptable to the Company, general economic conditions, competition, the market for the network software products, software development costs and possible future litigation, as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's public reports and filings and public statements.