Viisage Purchases Identix in $770M Deal; Biometrics and Facial Recognition Industry Expert Available for Comment About The Value of Biometric Market: Jim Miller, Chairman and CEO, ImageWare Systems, Inc

Business Wire, Jan 12, 2006

WHAT:   Viisage Technology's acquisition today of fingerprint
        identification firm Identix Inc., and the recent surge in
        biometric industry investments. For an expert perspective on
        the biometric and identification management landscape and
        biometric security market and how the competition is shaping
        up. ImageWare Systems Chairman and CEO, Jim Miller, is
        available to discuss why the biometrics space is heating up so
        quickly. Headquartered in California, ImageWare Systems'
        expertise in the administration and control of biometric data,
        such as fingerprints, iris, facial, DNA, signature and images,
        among others, during the enrollment, capture, extraction and
        matching stages of the identification process, has set the
        company's solutions ahead of the competition. ImageWare's
        advanced identification solutions are deployed in the creation
        of driver's licenses, civil identification, and for applicant
        background checks as well as for consumer and commercial
        applications.

WHO:    Jim Miller, Chairman and CEO, ImageWare Systems, Inc.

WHEN:   Available immediately to Television, Radio, Print and online
        mediums.