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ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW), a leading developer of identity management solutions, today announced a three-year, royalty-based, worldwide OEM agreement with GE Security, Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Under the terms of the agreement, GE Security may include ImageWare�s award-winning products for biometric identity management, logical access control and card management as an integral part of its identity management solution offerings. GE Security's identity management solutions are integrated security platforms with PIV I & II FIPS 201 compliant capabilities that support the production of a credential based on federal government approved PIV II credential platform specifications. GE's solutions deliver biometrically enabled enrollment, credential personalization and issuance capabilities. �We are pleased to continue our relationship with ImageWare,� said Ken Francis, general manager, access and integrated solutions products, GE Security. �This agreement allows us to offer our identity management solutions customers additional functionality to help them address their unique security challenges.� �GE Security has been a valued partner for many years. We are very delighted to play an important role in helping to enable GE Security�s access control vision through this OEM agreement,� said Jim Miller, ImageWare�s chairman and CEO. �We look forward to the successful integration of these technologies and the enhanced functionality that will result from our solutions working in tandem.� About IWS� Biometric Engine� The IWS Biometric Engine is a biometric identity management platform for multi-biometric searching and matching. Its multi-biometric enrollment, management and authentication platform allows users to biometrically search and match populations of unlimited sizes for identity confirmation. Searches can be 1:1 (Verification), 1:N (Identification), X:N (Investigative) and N:N (Population Management). The IWS Biometric Engine is technology agnostic, enabling users to employ biometric devices and algorithms from virtually any vendor, as well as support the combination of the following biometric types: single fingerprint, Livescan fingerprint, 2D face, 3D face, iris, palm scan, finger vein, palm vein, hand geometry, palm, DNA, signature, voice, and retina. The IWS Biometric Engine currently supports more than 120 devices and methods of biometric acquisition and over 90 biometric algorithms. ImageWare has expanded the IWS Biometric Engine platform to meet specific customer requirements and added a suite of products to provide government, law enforcement, border management and enterprise businesses with a wide variety of application-specific solutions that address specific government mandates and technology standards. It also provides the ability to integrate into existing legacy systems and expand based upon specific customer requirements. The new application suite of products includes complete packaged solutions for HSPD-12, First Responder Credentialing, TWIC, among others. IWS� EPI Builder� SDK IWS EPI Builder is recognized as a leading secure credential component of identity management and security solutions, providing all aspects of ID functionality from image and biometric capture to the enrollment, issuance and management of secure documents. IWS EPI Builder is designed specifically to facilitate the production of high-end, secure credential systems and enables organizations to develop custom identification solutions or incorporate sophisticated identification capabilities into existing applications. Components allow users to: Capture image, biometric and demographic data Enable biometric identification and verification (1:1 and 1:X) Support numerous biometric hardware and software vendors Develop custom secure credentials Encode magnetic stripes, bar codes and smart chips Print IDs or other documents including national IDs, passports and access control credentials About IWS Card Management System� The IWS Card Management System (CMS) is a comprehensive solution to support and manage the issuance of smart cards and includes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certified IWS PIV Middleware to ensure that the overall card management solution will remain scalable and interoperable while working with existing smart cards. The IWS CMS directly connects identity business process with smart cards representing an individual�s identity via a secure, trusted credential. Additional features and functionality of IWS CMS include: Flexible models of central or distributed issuance of credentials Customizable card life-cycle workflow managed by the CMS Integration of the CMS data with other enterprise solutions, such as physical access control and logical access control (i.e. Single-Sign-On � SSO) Robust encoding capabilities for specific encoding of mandatory data, digital signatures and programs in order to maintain interoperability as well as the security features specified for the cards IWS CMS Robust Encoder can be considered to be a complex device driver that properly programs the smart cards and interacts with the CMS for data payload elements. It interacts with the Certificate Authority to encrypt or sign the smart card data with trusted certificates and properly programs the smart card regardless of whether the system is a standalone encoding device or one integrated into a card printer. About IWS� Desktop Security IWS Desktop Security is a flexible, scalable and modular authentication tool that is optimized to enhance network security and usability. It provides an additional layer of security to workstations, networks and systems through advanced encryption and authentication technologies. IWS Desktop Security replaces the Windows password-only screen with a more robust access control and authentication process. With IWS Desktop Security, computer access is linked to available methods of authentication including PIV cards, fingerprint biometrics, or any number of possible secure authentication devices. By leveraging its policy manager, IWS Desktop Security automatically follows specific rules for proper authentication and grants access in response to login attempts. About ImageWare Systems, Inc. ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW) is a leading developer of identity management solutions, providing biometric, secure credential and law enforcement technologies. Scalable for worldwide deployment, the Company's biometric product line includes a multi-biometric engine that is hardware and algorithm independent, enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. ImageWare's identification products are used to manage and issue secure credentials including national IDs, passports, driver licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. ImageWare's digital booking products provide law enforcement with integrated mug shot, fingerprint Livescan and investigative capabilities. ImageWare is headquartered in San Diego, with offices in Washington DC and Canada. For more information visit www.iwsinc.com. Safe Harbor Statement This news release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the �safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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