ImageWare Systems Strengthens Global OEM Agreement with GE Security
28 Februar 2008 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
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
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materially from those described. The company's operations and
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