ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	Overview ImageWare Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Company is a pioneer and leader in the market for biometrically enabled software-based identity management solutions. The Company develops mobile and cloud-based identity management solutions providing biometric, secure credential and law enforcement technologies. Our patented biometric product line includes our flagship product, the Biometric Engine®, a hardware and algorithm independent multi-biometric engine that enables the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. Our identification products are used to create, issue and manage secure credentials, including national IDs, passports, driver's licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. Our digital booking products provide law enforcement with integrated mug shots, fingerprint live scans, and investigative capabilities. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Portland, OR, Washington, D.C., Mexico, and Ottawa, Ontario. Liquidity, Capital Resources Historically, our principal sources of cash have included customer payments from the sale of our products, proceeds from the issuance of common and preferred stock and proceeds from the issuance of debt. Our principal uses of cash have included cash used in operations, payments relating to purchases of property and equipment and repayments of borrowings. We expect that our principal uses of cash in the future will be for product development including customization of identity management products for enterprise and consumer applications, further development of intellectual property, development of Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) capabilities for existing products as well as general working capital and capital expenditure requirements. We expect that, as our revenues grow, our sales and marketing and research and development expenses will continue to grow, albeit at a slower rate and, as a result, we will need to generate significant net revenues to achieve and sustain income from operations. Management believes that the Company’s current cash, cash equivalents and available borrowings under our existing line of credit will be sufficient to meet working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months from September 30, 2015 and that we will have sufficient liquidity to fund our business and meet our contractual obligations during the aforementioned period.

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Overview

ImageWare Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Company is a pioneer and leader in the market for biometrically enabled software-based identity management solutions. The Company develops mobile and cloud-based identity management solutions providing biometric, secure credential and law enforcement technologies. Our patented biometric product line includes our flagship product, the Biometric Engine®, a hardware and algorithm independent multi-biometric engine that enables the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. Our identification products are used to create, issue and manage secure credentials, including national IDs, passports, driver's licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. Our digital booking products provide law enforcement with integrated mug shots, fingerprint live scans, and investigative capabilities. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Portland, OR, Washington, D.C., Mexico, and Ottawa, Ontario.

Liquidity, Capital Resources

Historically, our principal sources of cash have included customer payments from the sale of our products, proceeds from the issuance of common and preferred stock and proceeds from the issuance of debt. Our principal uses of cash have included cash used in operations, payments relating to purchases of property and equipment and repayments of borrowings. We expect that our principal uses of cash in the future will be for product development including customization of identity management products for enterprise and consumer applications, further development of intellectual property, development of Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) capabilities for existing products as well as general working capital and capital expenditure requirements. We expect that, as our revenues grow, our sales and marketing and research and development expenses will continue to grow, albeit at a slower rate and, as a result, we will need to generate significant net revenues to achieve and sustain income from operations.

Management believes that the Company’s current cash, cash equivalents and available borrowings under our existing line of credit will be sufficient to meet working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months from September 30, 2015 and that we will have sufficient liquidity to fund our business and meet our contractual obligations during the aforementioned period.