Sentry Technology Hires VP Sales & Marketing

Ronkonkoma, New York, January 30, 2006 -- Sentry Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVY) announced today the hiring of Joseph Ryan, Jr. as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Ryan had a very successful career with Sensormatic Electronics in various capacities as Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Business Development, Executive in Charge of the Olympic Games, Sr. Vice President Global Source Tagging and Chairman of Sensor ID, Sensormatic’s RFID division. He has also been President of Ionic Fusion, a nanotechnology startup.

“I am excited to join Sentry Technology at this point in time,” said Joseph Ryan, Jr. “The markets for Sentry’s superior security products have never been more promising. I look forward to applying my industry experience to advance the Company’s position in the growing global security market. I am impressed with the quality, dependability and unique performance capability of Sentry’s technology."

“We are very pleased to welcome Joe Ryan to our Company as a key member of the Sentry management group,” said Peter L. Murdoch, President and CEO of Sentry Technology Corporation. “Joe will lead our growing team of sales professionals and focus to establish the Sentry brand as market leader. I am confident he will make an important contribution to the growth of our business.”

Sentry Technology Corporation designs, manufactures, sells and installs a complete line of Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Magnetic (EM) EAS systems and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) solutions. The CCTV product line features SentryVisionâ, SmartTrack, a proprietary, patented traveling Surveillance System. The Company’s products are used by retailers to deter shoplifting and internal theft and by industrial and institutional customers to protect assets and people. The Company’s acquisition of ID Systems expands the Company’s product offering to include proximity Access Control and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions. For further information, please visit our website at www.sentrytechnology.com.

This press release may include information that could constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements may involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results encompassed within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those matters disclosed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.