Inventor of Iris Recognition, Professor John Daugman, Joins L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc.

Scientific Pioneer Separately Settles Long-Standing Dispute with Iridian and Delivers to L-1 Enhanced Iris Recognition Algorithms

STAMFORD, Conn. -- L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ID) today announced that Professor John Daugman, the world-renowned scientist who invented iris recognition, has signed a three year consulting agreement with L-1 as Chief Scientist for Iris Recognition. Dr. Daugman will report through the L-1 Corporate Research Center and split his time between his current faculty member position at Cambridge University and his new position as the L-1 Chief Scientist for Iris Recognition.

Separately, the Company announced that Dr. Daugman settled his long-standing dispute with Iridian Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by L-1 in late 2006, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of L-1. As part of that separate agreement, Dr. Daugman delivered to L-1, and assigned all rights and ownership to L-1, of certain enhanced iris recognition algorithms that Dr. Daugman has developed over recent years. L-1 will market its core iris recognition algorithms, as enhanced by the robust derivatives now delivered by Dr. Daugman, as the "Daugman Algorithm". Financial terms of the settlement agreement were not disclosed.

In his role as the L-1 Chief Scientist for Iris Recognition, Dr. Daugman brings to the Company many years of research experience and industry contributions in computer vision and information processing. As the world's first, and still most accurate, method for iris recognition, the Daugman Algorithm is the basis of every publicly deployed iris recognition system today. More than 50 million persons worldwide have had their iris patterns mathematically enrolled by the Daugman Algorithm. Iris recognition is arguably the most accurate biometric technology and offers superior speed, scalability and mobility for biometric identification. Dr. Daugman's enhancements to his core older algorithms improve their performance with poorer images, off-axis gaze, and more unusual eyes.

Professor Daugman will work with the L-1 Corporate Research Center, collaborating closely with Chief Strategic Officer Dr. Atick to develop next generation technologies, such as developing more robust algorithms to deliver unparalleled matching accuracy in more challenging iris acquisition scenarios (such as iris on the move, at a distance and from low cost sensors). His continuing research and algorithm developments will be instrumental in extending L-1's lead with the most advanced and innovative biometric recognition technologies for face, finger and iris.

Dr. Daugman received his BA and Ph.D. from Harvard University, then was appointed to the Harvard faculty, and in 1991 joined Cambridge University as a faculty member. Before and during his tenure at Cambridge, he also has held visiting professorships at the University of Groningen as the Johann Bernoulli Professor of Mathematics and Informatics, and at the Tokyo Institute of Technology  as the Toshiba Endowed Chair. He has served as an associate editor of key journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

Dr. Daugman received numerous awards for his exemplary work in computer vision, statistical pattern recognition, neural computing, and wavelet theory, including the U.S. Presidential Young Investigator Award (National Science Foundation), and the Information Technology Award and Medal of the British Computer Society. Other accolades include being named as a "Time 100" Innovator and receiving the OBE (the Order of the British Empire).

About L-1 Identity Solutions

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ID), together with its portfolio of companies, offers a comprehensive set of products and solutions for protecting and securing personal identities and assets. Leveraging the industry's most advanced multi-modal biometric platform for finger, face and iris recognition, our solutions provide a circle of trust around all aspects of an identity and the credentials assigned to it -- including proofing, enrollment, issuance and usage. With the trust and confidence in individual identities provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information, visit www.L1ID.com.

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