Momentum Builds for Viisage Border Management Solutions in Europe; The

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    BILLERICA, Mass. & BOCHUM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2005--Viisage (Nasdaq:VISG) today announced that The Netherlands has successfully piloted a Viisage identity solution to support critical secure border crossing initiatives. The program complies with European Union and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards for securing borders, and further demonstrates innovative solutions for tighter control of European borders.
    In The Netherlands, the Ministry of Interior has initiated the project to ensure all Netherlands passports are both authentic and uniquely tied to the person holding the passport. For this solution, the Ministry of Interior selected Viisage's face recognition ISO enrollment technology, which is developed based on the International Standards Organization (ISO) recommendations. Viisage's technology is being used to ensure acquired passport applicants' images comply with the mandatory ISO standard for both printing on the document as well as storage on the chip embedded in the passport. Additionally, Viisage's face recognition technology is used to compare the live image of the applicant against the image stored on the chip to confirm the tie between the individual and the document. The complete solution, which is coordinated through SDU Identification, a European integration firm focused on high-end passports, also includes fingerprint biometrics along with Viisage's face recognition. Prototype passports will be issued to 15,000 volunteers and the solution will test the passport registration, production, and issuance.
    "Nations around the world are re-evaluating border security, particularly in Europe where new guidelines and regulations require the recommended ISO standard. Countries such as The Netherlands and Pakistan are at the forefront of implementing superior solutions to the challenges of border security and we are proud to be an important part of these initiatives," said Bernard Bailey, president and CEO of Viisage. "Viisage has increasingly become a company which customers turn to for the breadth of solutions that help solve critical identity recognition and verification issues."

    About Viisage

    Viisage (NASDAQ:VISG) delivers advanced technology identity solutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and businesses concerned with enhancing security, reducing identity theft, and protecting personal privacy. Viisage solutions include secure credentials such as passports and drivers' licenses, biometric technologies for uniquely linking individuals to those credentials, and credential authentication technologies to ensure the documents are valid before individuals are allowed to cross borders, gain access to finances, or granted other privileges. With over 3,000 installations worldwide, Viisage's identity solutions stand out as a result of the Company's industry-leading technology and unique understanding of customer needs. Viisage's product suite includes FaceTOOLS SDK, Viisage PROOF, FaceEXPLORER, iA-thenticate, BorderGuard, FacePASS and FaceFINDER.
    This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from time to time by Viisage through its senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to the future events or financial performance discussed in this release, based on management's beliefs and assumptions and information currently available. When used, the words "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "should", "expect", "plan", "assume" and similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, the size and timing of contract awards, performance on contracts, availability and cost of key components, unanticipated results from audits of the financial results of acquired companies, changing interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles, outcomes of government reviews, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, proprietary technology and changing competitive conditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel, ability to obtain project financing, general economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers, the unpredictable nature of working with government agencies and other risks, uncertainties and factors including those described from time to time in Viisage's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, Viisage's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Viisage expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: Viisage Viisage Corporate Headquarters, USA Maureen Todaro, +1.978.932.2438 mtodaro@viisage.com or PAN Communications Billy Balfour, +1.978.474.1900 viisage@pancomm.com or EMEA Region Viisage, Germany Katrin Booms, +49.234.9787.24 kbooms@viisage.com

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