NEW KEY POSITIONS NAMED TO DECLUDE\'S MANAGEMENT TEAM Richard Billman and Kristina O\'Connell join Declude, Inc.

    /24-7PressRelease/ - Newburyport, MA, May 25, 2005 - Declude, an industry leader in email vulnerability detection, today announces the appointment of two director level positions.

Richard Billman joins Declude as Director of Development. Billman brings strong technical skills and extensive experience managing software development groups using best engineering practices to bring high quality software to market. Past success includes directing and managing engineering and technical development at ZNQ3 Inc, CUseeME Networks and OpenMap Software. One of Billman's greatest achievements was his co-invention of dynamic authentication and initialization, patent pending at ZNQ3. Richard received his BS Engineering degree from Cornell University.

Also joining the Declude team is Kristina O'Connell, Director of Marketing. O'Connell has over twelve years of high tech marketing, with a history of creating and managing programs that deliver results ranging from start up mode to mature companies. Prior to joining Declude, O'Connell had greatest industry success with F5 Networks. Kristina was responsible for leading F5's overall marketing direction. As one of the original F5 employees, Kristina was instrumental in helping F5 pioneer the load balancing market. O'Connell holds a BS Business Marketing degree from Salem State Collage.

"Both Kristina and Richard have distinguished themselves in their respective fields and we are very happy and proud to have them join the Declude Team. We look to Richard to lead the development of future generations of Declude offerings and we look to Kristina to get the word out and ensure we are no longer the best kept secret in the e-mail security space", states Declude's CEO, Charles Stefanidakis.

With the addition of these key Management professionals, Declude can move swiftly in developing their "BIG D" suite of internet security products to include new market focus and enhanced functionality and platform support.

Declude offers an intelligent, integrated suite of internet security software applications designed to work at the server level to detect and halt all email vulnerabilities from infiltrating the network. Thousands of organizations and service providers worldwide trust Declude to protect their growing businesses. Declude offers superior customer service and up-to-the-minute updates on Internet spam and virus invasions. Declude is known to have the most comprehensive and flexible set of rules and black lists in the industry. The company is headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts. For more information visit www.declude.com.

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