Datacard to Market Integrated Fingerprint Identification Solutions Using Identix BioEngine(R) Technology

21 October, 2002

MINNETONKA, Minn., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Datacard Group, aworld leader in secure identification solutions and

Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), the world’s leading multi-biometrics
security technology company, today jointly announced that the two companies
have signed an OEM distribution agreement to promote and sell fingerprint
identification products and solutions to government and corporate enterprises.
As part of the agreement, Datacard intends to offer Identix’ leading
BioEngine(R) fingerprint technology for integration into the Datacard(R) ID
Works(R) identity software product suite. The integrated solution would
provide heightened security around physical and logical access via
biometrically enabled ID cards.

ID Works is a software platform that allows users to customize their
plastic card based identification solutions. By integrating BioEngine
capabilities, users will now be able to easily generate an identification
card – with a stored fingerprint template – which can then be used for a
multitude of applications for physical and logical access. The product
offering allows the template to be represented as a printed bar code or
securely stored in a smart integrated circuit chip that is embedded onto the
identification card.

Martin Kearsley, senior vice president and general manager of Datacard’s
software and solutions division stated, “The ID Works platform, along with
card personalization systems from Datacard, serve our customers’ need for
issuance of secure credentials. Biometrics is increasingly important in high
security applications and is a key component of our relationship with Identix.
It gives us access to the best-of-breed fingerprint technology and peripheral
devices that are proven to be scalable and reliable in large-scale enterprise
environments.”

Dr. Joseph J. Atick, president and CEO of Identix said, “The agreement
with Datacard fits well with our overall strategy of enabling solutions to
provide heightened security in an enterprise environment. Datacard brings to
us significant domain expertise with respect to identification and smart card
solutions. Their participation in providing BioEngine technology as an
integrated component to the ID Works product line helps to facilitate
Continuity of Authentication(TM), a human-centric security framework that
begins with issuing an identification card and enables the continuous,
positive identification of individuals at various access points within an
enterprise. We are pleased to work with an industry leader such as Datacard
in pursuing this vision.”

About Datacard Group
Datacard Group provides software, systems and professional services needed
to build profitable card programs. The company’s solutions portfolio also
includes a complete line of secure digital identity systems and card
personalization systems. Datacard Group is privately held and based in
Minnetonka, Minnesota. Datacard Group serves customers in more than
120 countries. For more information, visit http://www.datacard.com

About Identix Incorporated

Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), recently merged with Visionics
Corporation, is the world’s leading multi-biometric security technology
company. The company’s broad range of fingerprint and facial recognition
technology offerings empower the identification of individuals who wish to
gain access to information or facilities, conduct transactions and obtain IDs.
Additionally, the company’s products and solution offerings can help identify
those who perpetrate fraud and otherwise pose a threat to public safety.
Identix’ products serve a broad range of industries and market
segments – most notably, government and law enforcement, aviation, financial,
healthcare and corporate enterprise. In addition, the company’s wholly owned
subsidiary, Identix Public Sector, Inc. provides project management and
facilities engineering services to the government sector.

More information on Identix can be accessed via the Company web site at
http://www.identix.com .

The statements in this release that relate to future plans, events or
performance are forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s current
expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic
conditions. Such statements are made in reliance on the safe harbor
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of

Identix cautions investors that any forward looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in such forward looking statements. Such
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties
associated with or arising out of or related to: integration of the two
companies following the merger with Visionics Corporation, development of the
marketplace for biometrics solutions; demand for Identix’ products and
services; the ability of the Identix’ alliances to succeed and in particular,
the ability of Identix to complete product development, successfully
manufacture its products in volume and broadly disseminate its products;
increasing levels of competition; availability of funding from federal, state
and local government and commercial customers; and other risks as identified
in the Identix’ SEC filings. Identix disclaims any intention or obligation to
publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.

For further information please contact Media, Frances Zelazny,
+1-201-332-9213, [email protected], Meir Kahtan, +1-212-699-6065,
[email protected], or Kevin Gillick, +1-952-988-2846,
[email protected], or Investors, Damon Wright, +1-952-979-8485,
[email protected], all for Identix Incorporated.

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