Viisage's Newly Patented Technology and Products Help Prevent Biometric Identity Fraud in ePassports and at Unattended Border Crossings

Viisage Launches IdentityTOOLS(TM) and IdentityEXPLORER(TM) Products that Increase Biometric Accuracy via Combined Fingerprint and Face Recognition Technologies

Viisage (NASDAQ: VISG), a leading provider of advanced technologyidentity solutions, today announced it has been granted a patent (1)in the United States and Europe for Live Check(TM), a method forverifying that a person is live when their facial image is capturedrather than an impostor using a fraudulent image. Viisage alsoreleased two new multi-biometric products, IdentityTOOLS(TM) andIdentityEXPLORER(TM), as Software Development Kits (SDKs). The patentfor Live Check supports Viisage's initiatives in advancing facerecognition technology. The release of the new SDKs broadens Viisage'sbiometric product portfolio by offering solutions that reducecomplexity and increase the accuracy of multi-biometric enrollment,and make identifying individuals more accurate through use of multiplebiometrics.

Biometric technologies are finding broad use combating fraud,crime and terrorism worldwide, especially through electronic passportinitiatives which are critical to helping identify internationaltravelers and promote security in today's environment. Biometrics alsoare widely used by law enforcement agencies, which are deploying facerecognition to combat crime. Combined, these initiatives are helpingto expand the use of biometrics in fighting identity fraud and theft.Viisage is focused on leveraging its position as an industry leader tobring the latest identity solution technologies to bear on theseproblems to safeguard national borders and individual security.

Live Check's ability to test for "liveness" of a person duringimage capture is a critical process for unattended face biometricverification stations at building access points and at automatedborder crossing stations.

"Our Live Check technology has a unique capability that willprovide our customers with the verification functionality they need indemanding security applications at border crossings and securebuilding access points," said Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni, senior vicepresident and chief technology officer for Viisage. "This patent andthe two new product additions to our portfolio are evidence of ourcontinued commitment and investment in biometric technologies and theidentity solutions market."

"The software developer kits from Viisage are powerful tools forcreating identity solutions," said Urs Schmied, director of biometricsolutions, Unisys Switzerland. "Their ease-of-use and highly accurateface recognition technology is crucial to our success."

The new IdentityTOOLS SDK and IdentityEXPLORER SDK products arecombined face and fingerprint software developer kits designed forsingle workstation and large-scale applications respectively. Bothbuild on Viisage's Flexible Template Matching technology and a new setof powerful multi-biometric recognition algorithms. TheIdentityEXPLORER SDK is a high-level software development environmentdesigned for developers and system integrators aiming to addmulti-biometric recognition technology to distributed environments.The software is ideal for creating face recognition and fingerprintapplications that integrate with other systems. These products aretargeted to meet the new electronic passport requirements, whichcontain biometric data as defined by the International Civil AviationOrganization (ICAO). Using a multi-biometric approach saves time byreducing the number of biometric SDKs that an application developerneeds to learn, thereby reducing the cost otherwise spent on multipleSDKs and speeding the time to market of new biometric enrollment andmatching applications. Both products were specifically design withease-of-use for developers as a main consideration.

Viisage will demonstrate its multi-biometric applications forborder control and criminal identification based on IdentityTOOLS SDKand IdentityEXPLORER SDK at their booth (no. 38) at the upcomingBiometrics 2005 Exhibition and Conference in London, UK, on October20th through the 21st. Additionally, Mohamed Lazzouni, senior vicepresident and CTO for Viisage, will be presenting together with UsmanMobin, CTO of Viisage's customer the National Database andRegistration Authority (NADRA), on the topic of "Proving Identity:Implementing today's national ID program in Pakistan" during theconference. Viisage customer, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office(PCSO) will also speak at the conference. The PCSO's Lt. Jim Main willpresent a case study entitled "Biometrics on the Beat - MakingArrests!", illustrating the PCSO implementation.

Note: 1.) United States Patent No. US 6,922,479 "Method forVerifying the Authenticity of an Image Recorded in a PersonIdentifying Process" granted on July 26, 2005 by United States Patentand Trademark Office. In addition, a similar patent was granted by theEuropean Patent Office as European Patent No. 1062640 on March 2,2005.

About Viisage

Viisage (NASDAQ: VISG) delivers advanced technology identitysolutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and businessesconcerned with enhancing security, reducing identity theft, andprotecting personal privacy. Viisage solutions include securecredentials such as passports and drivers' licenses, biometrictechnologies for uniquely linking individuals to those credentials,and credential authentication technologies to ensure the documents arevalid before individuals are allowed to cross borders, gain access tofinances, or granted other privileges. With over 3,000 installationsworldwide, Viisage's identity solutions stand out as a result of theCompany's industry-leading technology and unique understanding ofcustomer needs. Viisage's product suite includes FaceTOOLS(R) SDK,Viisage PROOF(TM), FaceEXPLORER(R), iA-thenticate(R), BorderGuard(R),IdentityTOOLS(TM) SDK, IdentityEXPLORER(TM) SDK, FacePASS(TM) andFaceFINDER(R).

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