Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Viisage Technology, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 29, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Bernard Bailey, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
U.S.C. (S) 1350, as adopted pursuant to (S) 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
     as of September 29, 2002 (the last date of the period covered by the
     Report).

Date: November 13, 2002

/s/ Bernard Bailey
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Bernard Bailey
Chief Executive Officer