UPEK Joins Initiative for Open Authentication as Coordinating Member; Membership Reflects UPEK's Strategic Vision to Deliver Strong and Open Authentication for User and Network Access

Business Wire, June 6, 2006

BERKELEY, Calif. -- UPEK, Inc., the world's leading brand of biometric fingerprint security solutions, today announced that it has joined the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH), a consortium of leading device, platform and security application companies, to contribute to a growing industry-wide vision of common authentication solutions for open, yet secure, network access. Participating at the coordinating member level, UPEK joins companies focused on open standards-based authentication, including AOL, IBM, Entrust, Verisign, and others.

"We are proud to be joining our peers, customers and other industry leaders in this effort to create an open platform of strong authentication standards," stated Greg Goelz, UPEK vice president of marketing. "The rapid adoption of our biometric authentication solutions by leading PC and mobile device manufacturers emphasizes the growing need for a unified approach to open device management and we look forward to working with OATH and its member companies to develop the strongest authentication solutions possible for our customers on a global basis."

"We are excited to welcome UPEK to OATH," stated Don Malloy, director of business development at nCryptone and co-chair of OATH's Marketing Working Group. "With the growing adoption of biometrics as a preferred method of strong authentication for leading consumer and commercial manufacturers, UPEK's membership reinforces the importance for broad adoption of open standards."

UPEK biometric fingerprint authentication technology enables the only complete hardware and software biometric solution for the PC market, already adopted by leading notebook PC manufacturers including Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, NEC, Acer, ASUS and others.

About OATH

OATH is an industry-wide collaboration to develop an open reference architecture by leveraging existing open standards for the universal adoption of strong authentication.

OATH is comprised of industry leaders working with other standards groups toward the propagation of ubiquitous strong authentication, enabling eBusiness and giving customers the confidence to conduct secure commerce and communication online. An OATH ecosystem consists of devices, chip sets, platforms, applications, integrators, and customers, all working together in a strongly authenticated, highly secure environment. For more information please visit www.openauthentication.org

About UPEK, Inc.

UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world's leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available, packaged for high user convenience and rapid integration into existing products and network architectures. The company has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999. UPEK is headquartered near Berkeley, California, with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.upek.com

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