SAFLINK Adds Match-On-Card Capability to jForte Smart Card

SAFLINK Adds Match-On-Card Capability to jForte Smart Card

Company Licenses Precise Biometrics' Match-on-Card Applet to Further Increase Security of its Premiere High-Assurance Token

BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAFLINK(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:SFLK), the leading provider of biometric and smart card security solutions, today announced that its subsidiary, Litronic, has licensed Precise Biometrics' Match-on-Card(TM) (MoC) technology to add an additional security component to it's jForte(TM) card, a high assurance token designed for the U.S. Department of Defense and similar agencies.

"We believe that Precise Biometrics' Match-on-Card technology will be very compelling for our most security-conscious government customers," said Jeff Affuso, President of Public Sector Sales for SAFLINK. "While jForte is designed to meet FIPS 104-2 level 3 certified -- the highest level of security qualification available -- Precise Match-on-Card technology raises the bar for high assurance tokens. SAFLINK sees Precise MoC technology as an integral part of this solution, as it will help provide our customers with a private, secure, and scaleable card system."

One of the advantages of the jForte Smart Card technology is that it can be used as a portable authentication token, where an individual's biometric credentials are stored and matched on the card, enabling users to verify their identity anywhere -- a particularly useful characteristic in a multi-office, multi-agency, or military context such as the DoD's Common Access Card. A jForte card equipped with MoC adds the capability to verify the identity of an individual, without their biometric credentials ever leaving the card -- thereby providing an additional layer of privacy protection for the individual cardholder. With the Precise MoC technology, jForte can offer SAFLINK customers a high performance and high assurance biometric-based smart card solution.

Affuso continued, "SAFLINK has DoD customers who require independent biometric capabilities. All the biometric functions -- data capture, data processing/reduction, template generation, and hybrid matching algorithms are implemented within a single microchip on the card, and do not require external computer assistance."

"We believe Precise MoC technology is quickly becoming the biometric de facto standard for organizations that want the advantages of a single card for both logical and physical access controls," said Phil Myers, Americas Sales and Marketing Vice President for Precise Biometrics. "One card gets you in the door and logs you into the network -- all with the convenience of a smart card and your finger. SAFLINK can now provide government and commercial companies with a robust biometric solution that is secure and easy to use while protecting the individual's privacy."

About Precise Biometrics

Precise Biometrics AB (publ) is an innovative security company that supplies world-leading systems for authentication using fingerprints. The solutions supplied by the company replace keys, PIN codes and passwords. The company's products are cost effective and provide security and comfort combined with top-class protection of personal integrity. The range of products includes systems for access control to buildings, computers and networks and for building into mobile and fixed terminals, such as mobile phones and portable computers. The company headquarters are in Lund, Sweden. The company also has offices in Stockholm and a U.S. subsidiary in Washington, D.C. Precise Biometrics is listed on the O-list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange (symbol: PREC A). For more information about Precise Biometrics, visit http://www.precisebiometrics.com/ /

About SAFLINK

SAFLINK Corporation offers biometric security and smart card solutions that protect intellectual property, secure information assets, and eliminate passwords. SAFLINK's software provides Identity Assurance Management(TM), allowing administrators to verify identity and control access to computer networks, physical facilities, applications, and time and attendance systems.

Litronic, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAFLINK and global provider of secure identity management and information assurance products for the government and commercial markets, offers protection for popular applications such as e-mail, instant messaging, web transactions, and individual files. For more information, please visit http://www.saflink.com/ or call 800-762-9595.

NOTE: "SAFLINK" and "The Power of Biometric Authentication" are registered trademarks of SAFLINK Corporation. "Protecting your enterprise through secure authentication" and "Identity Assurance Management" are trademarks of SAFLINK Corporation.

This release contains information about management's view of the company's future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with the company's financial condition, its ability to sell its products, its ability to compete with competitors and the growth of the security market, and in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as other documents periodically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: Rachel Berry of Sterling Communications, +1-253-853-5030, or rberry@sterlingpr.com, for SAFLINK; or Phil Myers, Vice President, Americas Sales and Marketing of Precise Biometrics, +1-703-848-9266, or phil.myers@precisebiometrics.com.


Source: SAFLINK Corporation

CONTACT: Rachel Berry of Sterling Communications, +1-253-853-5030, or
rberry@sterlingpr.com, for SAFLINK; or Phil Myers, Vice President, Americas
Sales and Marketing of Precise Biometrics, +1-703-848-9266, or
phil.myers@precisebiometrics.com

Web site: http://www.precisebiometrics.com/

Web site: http://www.saflink.com/


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