ImageWare Systems, a developer of identity management solutions,
announced the expansion of its IWS Biometric Passport product family to
improve passport applicant identity verification and further reduce the
potential of identity fraud.

"We are very excited about continuing to deliver innovative biometric
identity management solutions in support of border security
initiatives," said Jim Miller, ImageWare's chairman and CEO. "By
leveraging our IWS™ Biometric Engine® platform, we have been able to
create unique offerings to the industry that are cost-effective and
offer a wide variety of homeland security solutions to governments
worldwide. The Biometric Passport products are utilized as the identity
management layer to enhance passport integrity and aids in the
detection of passport fraud."

ImageWare's Biometric Identity Vetting for Passports is a
commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) product that provides passport issuance
agencies the capabilities they need to employ a scalable solution that
works with its existing infrastructure. ImageWare's Biometric Identity
Vetting for Passports includes several features that provide enhanced
identification and verification capabilities required to support the
passport application and issuance process, including biometric and
biographic enrollment, identification and verification, and exhaustive
facial recognition search capabilities for identification (1:N),
verification (1:1).

IWS Biometric Passport family is a suite of products that enable
governments issuing biometric passports or utilizing biometrics during
the enrollment, adjudication and issuance processes to vet and ensure
unique identities.

The IWS™ Biometric Engine® is a biometric identity management platform
for multi-biometric searching and matching.