GlobeNewswire Inc | Nov 10, 2020 11:13AM EST

November 10, 2020

BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE),a leading global provider of biometrics software products, solutions and services, will be participatingin multiple sessions during this years virtualIdentity Week London 2020,taking placefromNovember 16-18.Comprised of three world-class eventsfocused on the concept of identity Digital: ID, Planet Biometrics and SDW Aware will bring its unique perspective on the role biometrics has and will continue to play in identity ownership.

As organizations accelerate into the next generation of digital transformation, biometrics for identity management continues to grow in adoption. In one of the events breakout sessions, Fighting the Fakes (November 18 at 8:55 a.m. local time (4:55 a.m. EST)), Rob Mungovan, chief commercial officer at Aware, along with fellow panelists, will discuss the emerging biometric threats compromising todays identity solutions including deep fakes and how advanced presentation attack detection (PAD) can provide a higher level of security against these threats, breaking down the complexities of detecting biometric spoofs.

"The identity and biometrics industries are increasingly seeing biometric data,whetherobtained directly or through hacked systems,being used tocreatefakes and spoofs,said Rob Mungovan. "Because of this, managing digital identities without compromising privacy or user experience isakey commitment of ours.Im grateful for the opportunityto participatein this years virtual eventwithlike-minded individuals striving to increase security, especiallyin todays evolving landscape.

Also, Kai Imgenberg, director of international sales at Aware, will be moderating a roundtable discussion, Face Plus Voice (November 18 at 1:20 p.m. local time (9:20 a.m. EST)), which aims to explore how the combination of face and voice biometrics strengthens modern day biometric authentication. As technology evolves, the challenges with implementing secure personal identification procedures become increasingly more complex. This discussion will uncover why combining two or more biometric modalities improves recognition accuracy for enrollment, authentication and verification protocols.

In addition to these sessions, Rob Mungovan will also present an overview of Awares Knomi offering and the real-world problems it aims to solve. Knomi is a unique product that combines the power of face and speaker recognition to provide a strong, secure and easy-to-use passwordless authentication providing protection for more than 11 million transactions worldwide. During this presentation, Rob will provide a deeper look into Knomis face and voice matching, passive liveness detection, flexibility of uses, use cases, and applications to further highlight the advancements being made to mobile passwordless authentication. Knomi ensures greater security, without compromising user convenience and flexibility.

About ID Week London and How to Connect with AwareDedicated to bringing the brightest minds in the identity sector together,Identity Week London 2020helpstocreate a more secure worldby recognizingtrusted identity solutionsthatenable governments and commercialorganizationsto provide citizens, employees, customers and consumers with a multitude of services, entitlements and opportunities to transact in a seamless, yet secure manner. As the digital landscape evolves and organizations turn to biometrics for identity security, Aware ensuresthat identity technologies and solutions evolve along with them and remain frictionless for the user.

The events main pagefeatures links to live and pre-recorded events, technology showcase videos,as well asattendee and sponsor lists.Attendees can visitAwaresvirtual boothto learn more about its offerings, chat with employees through direct messaging, and attend virtual meetings.

To learn more, check out thefull agenda and registration pagehere.

If you are unable to attend Identity Week 2020 Virtual, learn more onAwareswebsitehere.

About AwareAware is a leading provider of productized biometrics software products, solutions and services to governments, system integrators, and commercial organizations and solution providers globally. Our comprehensive portfolio of biometric solutions are based on innovative, robust products designed explicitly for ease of integration including customer-managed and integration ready biometric frameworks, platforms, SDK's and services. They fulfill a broad range of functions critical to secure biometric enrollment, authentication, identity and transactions including face, fingerprint, iris, and voice capture modalities, sample quality assurance, data compliance, capture hardware peripheral and system abstraction, centralized data processing and workflow, subsystem connectivity, and biometric matching algorithms. The products and solutions apply biometrics to enable identity-centric security and know-your-customer ("KYC") solutions for applications including financial institutions, retail, banking and payments, healthcare, border management, credentialing and access control, intelligence and defense, and law enforcement. Aware is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.

See Awares website for more information about our biometrics software products.

Aware and Knomi are registered trademarks of Aware, Inc.

Contact:Gina RodriguesAware, Inc.781-276-4000grodrigues@aware.com