CIC Partners With BioNetrix to Expand Its Electronic Signature Offering; CIC's Dynamic Signature Verification Solutions to Support the BioSEC Open Platform Framework.

Business/Technology Editors

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000

(Nasdaq: CICI) Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) announced today that it has become a member of the BioSEC alliance. Formed in November of 1999 by BioNetrix, the BioSEC alliance is comprised of key authentication solution providers who have joined together to support an open platform for authentication solutions such as smart cards, tokens, fingerprints and signatures. Membership and certification as a BioSEC certified solution will enable CIC to gain access to a new group of customers and resellers that are building enterprise level biometric authentication solutions.

David Steinberg, vice president of sales and business development for BioNetrix and chair of the BioSEC alliance, commented, &uot;As one of the top players in the field of biometric authentication, CIC's membership strengthens the BioSEC alliance. Their electronic signature solutions fill a gap in e-Commerce and authorization based workflow applications where we expect large scale rollouts that would benefit from the back-end integration of our authentication suite.&uot;

&uot;We are pleased to become a member of BioSEC and be a part of the effort to bring standards to this industry,&uot; stated Mike Sullivan, vice president of business development for CIC. &uot;Working with BioNetrix enables CIC to offer a more robust solution to our enterprise customers by providing industry proven electronic signature verification combined with a leading integration solution.&uot;

As a member of the alliance, CIC will be integrating its patented dynamic signature verification solutions into the BioSEC framework that is supported by the BioNetrix Authentication Suite. For more information about the alliance and its offerings please visit www.biosec.com. For more information about CIC's electronic signature offerings please visit www.cic.com.

About CIC

Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) is the leading supplier of pen-based software solutions. CIC's core software technologies include multilingual handwriting recognition systems, dynamic signature verification, ink compression, and operating system extensions that enable pen input. CIC's products are designed to increase the ease of use, functionality, and security of mobile electronic devices ranging from handheld companions to cellular phones. Key licensees of CIC's technologies include Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, National Semiconductor, and Nortel. CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and has a joint venture, CICC, in Nanjing, China. For more information about CIC and its products please visit our website at www.cic.com.

About BioNetrix

BioNetrix is the only authentication innovator to provide an Authentication Management Infrastructure that reduces costs and increases security in all computing environments through the deployment of superior authentication technologies -- from passwords, tokens and smart cards to fingerprints, facial recognition and voice verification. The company's flagship solution, the BioNetrix Authentication Suite(TM), is a flexible, standardized open platform that incorporates any authentication technology, provides role-based policies, complements existing security infrastructures and is easy to use and administer. BioNetrix delivers the security environment government and corporate organizations need to conclusively verify users and provide the security backbone necessary for trusted and secure e-commerce. Privately held, BioNetrix is headquartered in Vienna, Va., and is accessible via the Web at www.bionetrix.com.

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