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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Keith Farris
Aware, Inc.
781-276-4000


          AWARE, INC. ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCK REPURCHASE PLAN

BEDFORD, MASS - AUGUST 28, 2007 - Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading supplier
of broadband technology and biometrics software, announced today that its Board
of Directors has approved a program authorizing the Company to purchase up to $5
million of its common stock. The shares may be purchased from time to time in
the open market or through privately negotiated transactions at management's
discretion, depending upon market conditions and other factors. The
authorization to repurchase Company stock expires on December 31, 2008.

As of August 24, 2007, the Company had 23,781,545 shares of common stock
outstanding. Repurchases will be made under the program using the Company's own
cash resources and will be in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and other applicable laws, rules and regulations.

The program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of
common stock and the program may be modified or suspended at any time at the
Company's discretion. As of August 24, 2007, the Company had over $38 million of
cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

ABOUT AWARE

Aware is a leading technology supplier for the telecommunications
industries. For more than ten years, Aware has pioneered innovations at
telecommunications standards-setting organizations and continues to develop and
market DSL silicon intellectual property and test and diagnostics products. Its
StratiPHY(TM) IP product line supports DSL standards, including ADSL2+ and
VDSL2, and has been broadly licensed to leading semiconductor companies. Telecom
equipment vendors and phone companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics
modules and Dr. DSL(R) software to help provision DSL circuits globally. Aware
is also a veteran of the biometrics industry, providing biometric and imaging
software components used in government systems worldwide since 1992. Aware's
interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging products are used in a
number of applications, from border management to criminal justice to medical
imaging. Aware is a publicly held company (NASDAQ: AWRE) based in Bedford,
Massachusetts. www.aware.com
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SAFE HARBOR WARNING

Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future
events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as the possibility that
Aware will repurchase up to $5,000,000 of its common stock. Aware wishes to
caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors are
included in documents that Aware files from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled "Risk Factors" in our
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 and other
reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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        AWARE, INC. O 40 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE O BEDFORD, MA USA 01730-1432
       TEL: (781) 276-4000 O FAX: (781) 276-4001 O E-MAIL: AWARE@AWARE.COM