Cross Match Technologies Receives Global Product Excellence Award for the 1000P System; Info Security Products Guide's Prestigious Award Honors Cross Match For Its Overall Excellence in Biometric Solutions.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of high-quality interoperable biometric identity applications and solutions, today announced that Info Security Products Guide has named the L SCAN 1000P system a winner of the 2006 Global Excellence in Biometric Solutions Award.

Cross Match's selection was based on the input of more than 18,000 end-users and prospective customers worldwide who were invited to vote for the products they trust the most when it comes to protecting their digital resources. Participants rated the products based on real-world solutions criteria, including features and benefits, performance, interfaces, form factor, documentation, ease of installation, manageability, support and service, future proofing, and price. After a thorough product evaluation, Cross Match's L SCAN 1000P proved to excel in all areas.

Cross Match's L SCAN 1000P is a lightweight, compact palm and fingerprint livescan system, which can be used for desktop, portable or cabinet configurations. The new device is the world's first livescan system with an image resolution of 1000 pixels-per-inch (ppi) to be certified by the FBI for passing the very demanding needs of their image quality specification that is required when submitting fingerprint and palm print images to the IAFIS database system. By offering the high resolution of 1000 ppi, it provides crystal clear images of rolled and flat fingers, thumbs or palms with clear visibility of tiny details such as sweat pores for law enforcement purposes, biometric credentialing and highly secure access control programs.

"We are pleased to receive this award recognition as it further validates that our product is superior to other solutions in the industry and is proven to be an effective solution for capturing high-quality fingerprints and palm prints in a digitized format," said James W. Ziglar, president and CEO of Cross Match Technologies. "Meeting the critical needs of our customers is our top priority and we have developed an aggressive product roadmap to ensure we continue to stay ahead of the curve year-after-year."

For more information about Info Security Products Guide's 2006 Global Product Excellence Awards and a complete listing of the winners, please visit http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/biometrics/LScan.html.

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About Cross Match Technologies

Cross Match Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of high-quality interoperable biometric identity applications and solutions. The company's offerings consist of a range of products, which are used to capture and process the unique physiological characteristics of individuals to establish and verify their identity, such as fingerprint and palm scan devices, document readers and access control systems, proprietary enterprise and application software, and services. Cross Match's products are used to conduct criminal bookings, perform background checks for job applicants, verify identities at borders and other checkpoints, register citizens for driver's license and national identification programs, prevent identity fraud in large-scale government and civil identification programs, and control access to office buildings, government facilities and other secure areas. Serving a broad range of vertical markets including national and US federal government, state and local government, law enforcement, transportation, financial services, education, healthcare and commercial, Cross Match has more than 5,000 customers worldwide, with application and solution installations in more than 50 countries.

More information on Cross Match can be accessed via the company website at http://www.crossmatch.com.