Dominican Republic Selects FaceIt Enabled-document Verification System for High-level National Aviation and Border Security Program.

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MINNETONKA, MINN. & JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001

Visionics' Business Partner Imaging Automation Awarded Contract to

Supply BorderGuard System for Newly Established National Center

for Classified Information

Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNX), the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems, announced today that the Dominican Republic has selected a FaceIt(R)-enabled document verification system for a key national security initiative, called the National Center for Classified Information.

Visionics business partner Imaging Automation was awarded the contract for the BorderGuard system, which enables the creation of a national data repository of security information from multiple government agencies.

Bill Thalheimer, chairman and CEO of Imaging Automation stated, "Imaging Automation's airline and border security technologies are currently deployed in more than 30 countries. With today's news, we are dramatically expanding our existing presence in the Dominican Republic, underscoring the proven reliability and success of our advanced technology in high traffic countries already using our systems. We are dedicated to offering the highest levels of identity confirmation technology and are very pleased to be partnering with Visionics as we broaden our relationship with the Dominican Republic."

BorderGuard is an automated system for rapidly scanning, analyzing, authenticating, and processing all kinds of travel and identity documents. BorderGuard is designed to read printed text, capture images, and detect forged or tampered documents by searching for document security features under five different kinds of light. It analyzes information for consistency, and compares the document's features and images with a customizable database containing document security information from many countries. BorderGuard displays its findings for further analysis by security specialists and saves captured information and images in electronic manifests for customs processing, document tracking, and legal evidence. The FaceIt(R) component allows the photo on the document to be automatically compared those in a "watch list" and alerts the authorities of any matches.

Dr. Joseph J. Atick, chairman and CEO of Visionics Corporation stated, "The use of facial recognition technology is a key component in preventing the fraudulent use of identification and travel documents. As different agencies work together in this effort, the ability to eliminate fraud quickly and accurately is paramount. FaceIt(R) has been proven in a significant number of implementations to have the accuracy and scalability required to deploy large-scale projects such as this. Our strong partnership with Imaging Automation ensures the delivery of superior systems to meet the growing market demand and we are pleased to provide these offerings to the Dominican Republic."

The use of BorderGuard will increase security at 120 points of entry within the Dominican Republic at airports, borders and seaports by helping to prevent illegal, unwanted or suspicious individuals from gaining access to an airplane or the country. Because it will be connected with the national data repository, BorderGuard will perform document authentication at the highest capability, strategically using information and biometrics to improve national security for Dominican Republic citizens and preserve the country's sovereignty.

About Imaging Automation

Imaging Automation is the 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 BorderGuard(TM) system is the world's most sophisticated document authentication platform, and is being used around the world in immigration, border control, passenger processing and fraud detection. For more information, visit www.imagingauto.com.

About Visionics Corporation

Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNX) is the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems. The Company is uniquely positioned with a comprehensive set of biometric identification product offerings: FaceIt(R), live scan, IBIS and BNP. The award-winning core FaceIt(R) technology enables a broad range of products and applications built by partners (OEMs, VARs and system integrators). These include enhanced CCTV systems, identity fraud applications and identity verification systems for physical and network security, travel and banking. The TENPRINTER and FingerPrinter CMS live scan systems are the most widely used by government agencies, law enforcement, airports, banks and other commercial institutions in the US. IBIS is a revolutionary mobile identification system capable of capturing both forensic quality fingerprints and photographs for transmission and wireless transmitting the data to law enforcement and other legacy databases for real-time identification. Finally, the BNP is the only commercially available platform for delivering scalable biometric solutions. It incorporates FaceIt(R) technology for implementation over large-scale networks and real-time identification. The product offerings are reflective of Visionics' leadership position in the biometric industry and commitment to the innovation of identification technologies.

More information on Visionics can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.visionics.com or by calling Frances Zelazny, Director of Corporate Communications at [phone].

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors which may affect the future performance of Visionics Corporation, see "Risk Factors" in Digital Biometrics' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2000 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2001, Form 8-K dated February 15, 2001 and the related Form 8-K/A, all of which have been filed with the SEC.