SAN DIEGO, Feb. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ImageWare® Systems, Inc. (OTCQB:IWSY), a leader in mobile and cloud-based, multi-modal biometric cybersecurity solutions, announces today that it will demonstrate its award-winning GoVerifyID® products at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain from February 26 to March 1. Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry with over 108,000 attendees from 200+ countries, more than 2300 exhibitors, and hundreds of speakers. ImageWare is exhibiting at Mobile World Congress for the third year, expanding its presence with additional strategic partners including presence in the booths of both Fujitsu and SAP this year.

As an SAP Technology Partner, ImageWare is showcasing GoVerifyID Enterprise Suite, its biometric user authentication solution, including seamless integration with SAP and other enterprise systems, in SAP’s booth, number 3N31 in Hall 3. ImageWare will demonstrate how its technology eliminates the need for passwords, tokens, and PINs with the latest in turnkey biometric user authentication and flexibility for nearly any use case. ImageWare will also present “How to Protect Your SAP Systems with Strong Multi-Factor Authentication” on Wednesday, February 28th at 10:40 – 11:00 AM in the SAP Booth.

Jim Miller, Chairman and CEO of ImageWare Systems said, “ImageWare is pleased to be featuring GoVerifyID, our patented and award-winning multi-modal biometric user authentication technology, with SAP again this year. Customers manage their critical corporate data with SAP and ImageWare provides the ultimate in cybersecurity for SAP systems. Our seamless integration with SAP Cloud, SAP Applications, and SAP Single Sign-On enables enterprises to protect their customers’ privacy and secure their corporate data. We look forward to providing GoVerifyID to new and existing SAP customers worldwide.”

ImageWare’s biometric technology which is integrated as part of Fujitsu’s Biometric-as-a-Service™ platform will also be featured by Fujitsu, an ImageWare global strategic partner. The Biometric-as-a-Service offering is a mobile and cloud-based multi-modal biometric as a service platform which allows organizations to conveniently deploy biometric authentication for protection against increasingly complex security risks. Demonstrations of this technology will be provided in Fujitsu’s booth, number 5A80 in Hall 5.

Robert Brown, VP of Global Strategic Partners at ImageWare stated, “ImageWare’s ultra-scalable, multi-modal biometric authentication technology, GoVerifyID, is uniquely qualified to address the cybersecurity requirements for organizations with millions or even hundreds of millions of users, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), and Internet of Things (IoT) service providers, as well as other organizations in the Telecommunications, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, and eCommerce industries. GoVerifyID combines the frictionless ease-of-use required for consumers with government-class security from ImageWare’s heritage along with versatile, turnkey solutions to meet the needs for workforces and consumers alike.”

To schedule a meeting with ImageWare executives at Mobile World Congress, or schedule a conference call, go to https://info.iwsinc.com/schedule-meeting-at-mwc2018.

About ImageWare Systems, Inc.
ImageWare Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of mobile and cloud-based identity management solutions, providing patented biometric authentication solutions for the enterprise. The company delivers next-generation biometrics as an interactive and scalable cloud-based solution. ImageWare brings together cloud and mobile technology to offer multi-factor authentication for smartphone users, for the enterprise, and across industries.

ImageWare’s products support multi-modal biometric authentication including, but not limited to, face, voice, fingerprint, iris, palm, and more. All the biometrics can be combined with or used as replacements for authentication and access control tools, including tokens, digital certificates, passwords, and PINS, to provide the ultimate level of assurance, accountability, and ease of use for corporate networks, web applications, mobile devices, and PC desktop environments.

ImageWare is headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in Portland, Oregon, Ottawa, Ontario, and Mexico City, Mexico. To learn more about ImageWare, visit iwsinc.com; follow us on TwitterLinkedInYouTube, and Facebook.

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