Viisage to Meet First Quarter 2006 Guidance

"Our ability to forecast and meet expectations is especiallyimportant as the industry moves to a critical inflection point wherestrong operational controls and tight fiscal management principleswill separate industry leaders from industry followers," said RobertV. LaPenta, chairman of the board of Viisage. "We believe that thislevel of management discipline has served us well in deliveringcontinued shareholder value while in the midst of executing asuccessful growth strategy and navigating through a market in themidst of change."

About Viisage

Viisage (NASDAQ: VISG) delivers advanced technology identitysolutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and businessesconcerned with enhancing security, reducing identity theft, andprotecting personal privacy. Viisage solutions include securecredentials such as passports and drivers' licenses, biometrictechnologies for uniquely linking individuals to those credentials,and credential authentication technologies to ensure the documents arevalid before individuals are allowed to cross borders, gain access tofinances, or granted other privileges. With over 3,000 installationsworldwide, Viisage's identity solutions stand out as a result of theCompany's industry-leading technology and unique understanding ofcustomer needs. Viisage's product suite includes FaceTOOLS(R) SDK,Viisage PROOF(TM), FaceEXPLORER(R), Viisage iA-thenticate(R),BorderGuard(R), PIER(TM), HIIDE(TM), AutoTest(TM), FacePASS(TM) andFaceFINDER(R).

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involverisks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this documentand those made from time to time by Viisage through its seniormanagement are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of thePrivate Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Theseforward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views withrespect to the future events or financial performance discussed inthis release, based on management's beliefs and assumptions andinformation currently available. When used, the words "believe","anticipate", "estimate", "project", "should", "expect", "plan","assume" and similar expressions that do not relate solely tohistorical matters identify forward-looking statements.Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results arenecessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materiallyfrom expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute tosuch differences include, among other things, in particular, theCompany's ability to obtain a timely review of its financial results,the size and timing of contract awards, performance on contracts,performance of acquired companies, availability and cost of keycomponents, unanticipated results from audits of the financial resultsof the Company and acquired companies, changing interpretations ofgenerally accepted accounting principles, outcomes of governmentreviews, developments with respect to litigation to which we are aparty, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, dependence onlarge contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales andimplementation cycles, market acceptance of new or enhanced productsand services, proprietary technology and changing competitiveconditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence onkey personnel, ability to obtain project financing, general economicand political conditions and other factors affecting spending bycustomers, and the unpredictable nature of working with governmentagencies. In addition, such risks and uncertainties include, amongothers, the following risks: that the merger with Identix will notclose, that the regulatory or shareholder approval will not beobtained, that the closing will be delayed, that customers andpartners will not react favorably to the merger, integration risks,the risk that the combined companies may be unable to achievecost-cutting synergies, and other risks described in Viisage's andIdentix' Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including theRegistration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC inconnection with the transaction, Viisage's Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2005 under the captions "Risk Factors"and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition andResults of Operations," and Identix' Annual Report on Form 10-K forthe year ended June 30, 2005 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Qfor the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2005 underthe captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysisof Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Viisage expresslydisclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.