Viisage's Identity Verification Solution Selected by Government of Alberta, Expanding Global Customer Base.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LITTLETON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2003

Combined Viisage/ZN Vision Technologies solution selected to enhance prevention of identity theft and fraud in Alberta's drivers' license program

Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISG), a leading provider of advanced technology for identity verification solutions, today announced that the company has secured its first competitive joint project incorporating its existing facial recognition technology with technology from ZN Vision Technologies. The combined Viisage/ZN identity verification solution has been selected for a multi-year contract to provide facial comparison capabilities to the government of Alberta's drivers' license program, bringing increased levels of identity fraud protection.

The deal represents the largest facial comparison project in Canada and highlights the growing global demand for Viisage's identity verification solutions, which are already leveraged in federal, state and private deployments worldwide. The project was secured through a partnership with the project's prime contractor, Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, (TSX:CBK) which supplies a wide range of secure products and services including currency, passports, identification cards and the secure systems for their issuance and inspection.

Alberta's facial comparison project represents Viisage's eighth drivers' license contract that incorporates facial recognition, continuing the momentum of protecting citizens from identity theft.

"The combination of technologies from Viisage and ZN is setting a new standard for the industry in speed, performance and accuracy," said Bernard Bailey, president and CEO of Viisage Technology. "By leveraging our joint technologies, customers such as the province of Alberta will be delivering higher levels of identity protection to their constituencies."

Viisage's acquisition of ZN Vision Technologies, anticipated to close in the third quarter, will bring together the U.S. and European market leaders in identity verification solutions. As a direct result of combining the mathematical algorithms used to evaluate images, the combined Viisage/ZN solution greatly increases the performance with which large databases can be searched for potential matches. Through the extension of existing contracts and the awarding of new projects, Viisage's identity verification technology continues to be deployed globally to assist government agencies worldwide in preventing identity theft and fraud.

About Viisage Technology

Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISG) is a leading provider of advanced technology for identity verification solutions. Viisage's facial recognition and secure document technologies are delivering real-world results today, helping governments, law enforcement agencies, and businesses verify identities, enhance security, reduce identity theft, provide access control, and protect personal privacy - all ensuring the safety of people, assets and information. Viisage products power the greatest number of identity verification applications on the market today. With over 2,500 installations worldwide, Viisage's solutions stand out as a result of our superior technology and understanding of customer needs.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from time to time by the Company through its senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, the size and timing of award and performance on contracts, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, changes in management estimates incident to accounting for contracts, availability and cost of key components, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, proprietary technology and changing competitive conditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel, ability to obtain project financing, general economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers and other risks, uncertainties and factors including those described from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, the company's Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and its quarterly reports on Form 10Q.