Seasoned security executive to drive marketing as need for a policy-based, centrally-managed approach to endpoint data protection grows

DALLAS – May 13, 2008 – CREDANT Technologies®, the market leader in endpoint data protection solutions, today announced that it has appointed Michael Callahan as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Callahan formerly held key roles in marketing and customer support and service at McAfee, a security technology company. There, he most recently held the title of Vice President, Worldwide Business Development for Technical Support and Customer Service. He also previously served as Vice President, North America Marketing and held Director roles in worldwide product marketing and product management. Callahan will lead all internal and outward bound corporate and product marketing, including public relations and advertising at CREDANT.

Callahan brings over 18 years of global enterprise sales and marketing experience to CREDANT. Most recently, Callahan was President and Chief Operating Officer at Plano, Texas start-up NoodleNet, a firm focused on delivering a safe desktop and online environment for children. Callahan began his career at Datastream Systems, a provider of asset performance management software and services. He earned his MBA from the University of South Carolina, and a BS in Engineering from Ohio State University.

“Michael has a solid track record in managing large enterprise security marketing efforts that focus product, PR and marketing teams in delivering tangible results to customers who have a growing need to protect sensitive data on a multitude of devices,” said Bob Heard, CREDANT’s Founder and CEO. "We are very excited to have someone of Michael’s caliber and with his industry experience onboard.”

“I am excited about joining CREDANT to market its innovative endpoint data protection solutions and to help build the ecosystem that brings together encryption, data leakage prevention (DLP), forensics and hardware solutions,” said Michael Callahan, CREDANT’s newly named Chief Marketing Officer. “Central management of all these applications and devices is the next generation of data protection.”

Callahan will be based in CREDANT’s Dallas headquarters.

About CREDANT Technologies
CREDANT Technologies is the market leader in endpoint data protection solutions. CREDANT’s data security solutions mitigate risk, preserve customer brand and reduce the cost of compliance, enabling business to “protect what matters.” CREDANT Mobile Guardian is the only centrally managed endpoint data protection solution providing strong authentication, intelligent encryption, usage controls, and key management for data recovery. By aligning security to the type of user, device and location, CREDANT ensures the audit and enforcement of security policies across all computing endpoints. Strategic partners and customers include leaders in finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology, and services. CREDANT has been recognized by INC magazine as the #1 fastest growing security software company and #15 overall; was selected by Red Herring as one of the top 100 privately held companies and top 100 Innovators; and was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Austin Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, Intel Capital, and Cisco Systems are investors in CREDANT Technologies. For more information, visit www.credant.com.