CompuDyne Announces New Head of Attack Protection Group; Brad Wiggins

    Business Editors/Defense Writers/High-Tech Editors

    ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2005--CompuDyne Corporation (NASDAQ:CDCY), an industry leader in sophisticated security products, integration and technology for the public security markets, announced that it has appointed Brad B. Wiggins as President of its Attack Protection group. Wiggins will have full operating responsibility for Norshield, Attack Protection's bullet, blast and attack resistant products company in Montgomery, Alabama, as well as the group's perimeter sensor company, Fiber SenSys, in Tualatin, Oregon.
    Wiggins, with a BS and MS in Civil Engineering, has spent most of his career at Owens Corning Corporation. He has managed businesses for Owens Corning in the U.S., Belgium and India. Wiggins' extensive background in composites is expected to contribute to Attack Protection's strategic plan to extend the range and depth of its attack protection products. His extensive experience dealing with governments and large commercial customers around the world is expected to lead to significantly expanded distribution for Attack Protection products.
    "Brad's combination of extensive operations management, worldwide sales, and composites background proved compelling," said Martin Roenigk, Chairman & CEO of CompuDyne. "Brad shares our commitment to Six Sigma quality management and lean manufacturing and is just the person to improve operating margins for us. Equally important, Brad has extensive experience in worldwide sales and marketing and is eager to expand Attack Protection's markets - both customers and products."
    "I am delighted to be joining such a well-positioned company in the security protection industry," said Brad Wiggins. "I have spent much of my professional life focused on creating world class organizations, products, and services that were designed to make our lives more comfortable and economical. At CompuDyne, our products and services protect, and may ultimately save, lives. I am looking forward to working with the CompuDyne team in our drive to create a world class company."

    Certain statements made in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those statements concerning the Company's expectations with respect to future operating results and other events. Although the Company believes it has a reasonable basis for these forward-looking statements, these statements involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, among others, capital spending patterns of the security market, competitive factors, pricing measures, regulatory requirements, the Company's ability to secure new contracts, costs related to potential acquisitions, the level of product returns, the amount of remedial work to be performed, and the risks inherent in CompuDyne's business and future uncertainties which are further described in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as the Company's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and Form 8-K reports.

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CONTACT: CompuDyne Corporation Investor Relations: Geoffrey F. Feidelberg, 410-224-4415 ext.313 investors.relations@compudyne.com

KEYWORD: ALABAMA OREGON MARYLAND INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE SOFTWARE AEROSPACE/DEFENSE GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT CHANGES SOURCE: CompuDyne Corporation

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