Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Bolsters Security with Imaging Automation.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BEDFORD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002

Dallas-Fort Worth Airport To Authenticate Potential Employees' Documents -- Making Its Hiring Security Process One of the Most Comprehensive in the U.S.

Imaging Automation, a global leader in document authentication and identity verification technologies, today announced that Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW) has deployed the company's iA-thenticate(TM) platform, to authenticate identification documents as part of a new, comprehensive security screening process for existing and potential employees. DFW also plans to work very closely with the TSA to explore various uses for Imaging Automation technology throughout the airport to improve overall security. Dallas-Fort Worth is the first border state airport in the nation to deploy this technology, which is used by many countries around the world to enhance a critical aspect of their border security -- to authenticate potential employees' documents--making the airport's process one of the most secure in the country.

Dallas-Fort Worth Airport creates more than 35,000 jobs per year for people to work as baggage handlers, technicians, maintenance workers, construction workers, commercial transportation workers and other jobs that support airport and airline operations and activities. As a part of the enhanced security program, anyone applying to work at DFW Airport in a position requiring an Airport-issued identification badge or renewing a DFW-issued identification badge (for example: baggage handlers; concession employees; airline ticket agents; taxi/limousine drivers; delivery drivers, etc.) will need to present two valid forms of identification (such as a driver's license; passport; visa or resident alien card) to be authenticated. The screening will be conducted by the Airport's Operations Department Badging and Ground Transportation offices and will utilize the iA-thenticate platform and technology licensed from Intelli-Check, Inc. (AMEX: IND).

"The process of authenticating official identification documents will be seamless to the applicant while significantly enhancing the overall security process," said Allen Parra, vice president of operations for Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

"This technology will provide yet another important security layer in the hiring process and help ensure that new employees are who they claim to be," said Jim Crites, Executive Vice President, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. "By installing the Imaging Automation platform with Intelli-Check's driver's license validation technology, DFW is taking another important step forward to ensure that we are using leading-edge technology to make DFW one of the most secure airports in the world."

The need for automated document authentication is more important than ever before as the number of fraudulent ID documents, undetectable by visual inspection, is on the rise. In 2000, only 10 percent of false IDs were deemed "high quality" in 2001 that number jumped to 35-40 percent. In the United States, more than 10 million false IDs were confiscated in 2001.

"Document authentication technology is a vital first line of defense, without which no one in critical industries can be completely confident the person they are hiring is truly who they claim to be. Countries around the world have realized this and have deployed the technology, and now Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the first airports in the world to embrace the technology," said Bill Thalheimer, CEO of Imaging Automation. "Dallas-Fort Worth has long been a leader in using new technology for improved service and security, and this is another great example of how they are tackling today's issues head-on to improve safety."

Quickly Authenticating Airport Employees

The iA-thenticate platform, which will be used in the DFW badging office, determines whether or not a document is authentic, if it is expired, if it has been tampered with, or if the photo or text match any government watch lists of criminals or terrorists. In addition to its use in the badging office, Dallas-Fort Worth airport executives will be researching additional uses for the technology. It performs multiple security checks in seconds. The iA-thenticate platform, with integrated ID-Check(R) technology, reads each document's machine-readable zone, magnetic-stripe, and/or 2D barcode, and performs a battery of tests including tampering, ink, seal, pattern, and text to authenticate a document.

Imaging Automation's iA-thenticate platform can easily integrate with other technologies, such as biometrics. In the Dallas-Fort Worth deployment, a key complement to the base Imaging Automation platform is Intelli-Check's ID-Check technology, which verifies U.S. driver's licenses. The ID-Check system is a programmable Identification & Verification System (IVS) that reads and validates information encoded in magnetic stripes and barcodes (1D & 2D) of state and provincial driver's licenses, other government-issued identification cards and military IDs that comply with AAMVA/ANSI/ISO standards.

iA-thenticate platform applications are in use with several U.S. states, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, the Swedish National Police, the Hungarian Border Police, the Finland Frontier Guards and others. Since deploying Imaging Automation's platform at its borders, Hungary has realized a 500 percent increase in border violation arrests. Recently, Logan Airport in Boston also deployed the iA-thenticate platform for use in its badging office after a comprehensive six-month trial involving more than 225,000 customers.

About Intelli-Check, Inc.

Intelli-Check, Inc. (www.intellicheck.com) is a developer and marketer of an advanced state-of-the-art document verification system for authenticating the validity of driver licenses and ID cards used as proof of identity. Intelli-Check's multi-purpose ID-Check units are fully capable of increasing security and as a tool that can be used to deter terrorism at military installations, high profile buildings, airports, and other sites and are also an effective tool against "identity theft," which often is supported by fake IDs, and is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. ID-Check units enable a user to prevent economic loss from check-cashing, credit card, and various other frauds utilizing fake IDs, and the ID-Check and IDentiScan units have the ability to determine whether purchasers of age-restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco meet minimum age requirements for their sale. ID-Check, with its patented technology, analyzes and displays information encoded in magnetic stripes and barcodes found on driver licenses, military identification, and other forms of state and government- issued identification from more than 50 jurisdictions.

About Imaging Automation

Imaging Automation is a global leader in document authentication, providing complete solutions that meet real-world needs with innovative technology. Since 1991, Imaging Automation has been making reliable, easy-to-use and effective systems for capturing and processing text, images and biometric data. The company partners with industry leaders to provide the iA-thenticate platform, one of the world's most sophisticated document authentication platforms, used around the world in immigration, border control, passenger processing, credentialing and fraud detection. The only American company producing document authentication technology, Imaging Automation is on the Web at www.imagingauto.com.

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