Diebold to Resell Daon Products

RESTON, Va.- Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD), one of the world's leading security integrators, has signed a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with Daon, the award-winning global provider of identity assurance software and services. Diebold will resell Daon’s biometrics and identity management software.

Daon provides a centralized platform and client biometric infrastructure for a variety of uses including employee credentialing, government benefits programs, trusted identity services, border management, national ID, airport e-gate systems and immigration control. Daon’s innovative Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software, industry recognized expertise and large scale program experience enables the delivery of solutions that reduce risk, schedule and cost.

According to Tony Damalas, vice president, technology, security solutions, Diebold, “We believe Daon products give us a tremendous advantage in a variety of markets especially the federal HSPD-12 arena. We are committed to providing customers with a robust and strong identity authentication platform, as well as support for integrated physical and logical access control. The combination of Daon’s platform and our suite of security solutions further our ability to provide a comprehensive and effective identity management solution.”

Commenting on this agreement, Daon’s CEO, Tom Grissen said, “We consider Diebold a strategic partner. Together we bring strong authentication and compliance to both commercial and government customers, while delivering the highest levels of security, flexibility and scalability. Diebold’s reach in the market and their commitment to quality makes them an ideal channel partner. We expect great results from this VAR agreement.”

About Diebold

Diebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services. Diebold employs more than 16,000 associates with representation in nearly 90 countries worldwide and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio, USA. Diebold is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'DBD.' For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.diebold.com.

About Daon

Daon is a leading provider of identity assurance software products focused on meeting the needs of governments and commercial organizations worldwide. Daon supports customers and system integrators in building enterprise solutions requiring the highest level of security, performance, scalability, reliability and privacy. Daon’s COTS products are scalable, flexible and proven in the most challenging real-world environments and have been selected to secure more than 700 million identities around the globe. The Daon product suite covers every aspect of identity management from pre-enrollment and identity proofing to enrollment, multimodal capture, adjudication, credentialing and provisioning; and provides a technology agnostic approach which gives leverage to the customer. Daon’s offices are located in Washington DC, New York, Canberra, Singapore, London and Dublin.  For further information, please visit: http://www.daon.com

Contacts
Daon
Cheryl W. Waldrup, 703-984-4040 703-984-4040 (U.S.)
cheryl.waldrup@daon.com