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To: Bob Biersack who wrote (16136)	4/22/2002 9:11:38 AM
From: Frederick Langford	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26752

Identix Launches BioCard SDK for Integration Of Fingerprint Biometric Templates on Smart Cards Template on Card Demonstrations to Be Held in Identix Booth At CardTech/SecurTech in New Orleans, April 23-25 LOS GATOS, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), a worldwide leader in providing fingerprint biometric security identification and authentication solutions, announced today that it has launched its BioCard(TM) Software Developers Kit, enabling integration of fingerprint biometric templates on smart cards. Identix will demonstrate biometric template on card at CardTech/SecurTech, April 23-25 in New Orleans, booth 873, as a critical component of its new security paradigm, Continuity of Authentication(TM). Identix Chairman & CEO Bob McCashin commented, "As the data on smart cards become more valuable, the need to ensure that the right person is accessing the right information or entering an authorized facility is critical to prevent fraudulent and criminal activities. Today, the weakest link in smart card security is the method used for identifying and authenticating the true card owner. We believe that simply requiring knowledge of a 4-digit PIN-code or PUK-code to verify smart card ownership is unreliable and very risky." Authentication is the essential component for security because it is the gatekeeper or "lock" on the security system. If an imposter gets past the "lock" of authentication (via compromised PIN, for example), the system believes the imposter holding the smart card is the rightful card owner. The authorization and administration components then obligingly give the imposter all the rights and privileges of the rightful smart card owner. Biometrics is the authentication mechanism that, combined with smart card technology, ensures this scenario cannot occur. Identix believes that smart cards integrating biometrics provides a significantly heightened and more reliable method verify that the true, rightful smart card owner is present and can participate in transactions. The benefits of biometric authentication used in combination with smart cards includes: -- Protects against card content alteration or modification. -- Supports secure transmission of data into or out of the card. -- Prevents individuals not biometrically matching the template on the card from using the card. -- Secures on-card functionality, such as private keys for encryption and decryption. Identix' BioCard SDK is available now to smart card manufacturer's and integrators, enabling them to integrate fingerprint biometrics on to a card. Identix, as a market leader in fingerprint biometrics makes available its time-proven, robust algorithms in the BioCard SDK, enabling optimum speed and accuracy of matching via Identix BioEngine(TM) as well as ease of integration. Key features of the BioCard SDK include: -- Supports multifactor authentication including PINs -- Minimal coding enabling integration of most applications and Java applets within hours using function calls -- Future support for Match-on-Card capabilities Identix is currently working with major smart card manufacturers to integrate its BioCard SDK with their smart cards. About Identix Identix Incorporated, www.Identix.com , is a leader in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing products for the capture and/or comparison of fingerprints for security, anti-fraud, law enforcement, physical access and other applications. Identix designs and develops proprietary, cost-effective, security products and solutions for personal identification and verification. Through itrust(TM), Identix offers an array of Internet and wireless web secure transaction processing services, and provides a wide range of applications to markets that include corporate enterprise security, Intranet, extranet, and Internet, wireless Web access and security, E-commerce, government and law enforcement agencies. Fred