Aware, Inc. is a biometrics software and services company based near Boston, Massachusetts.

[1][2][3][4] Aware was incorporated in 1986 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at which time it was envisioned by its founders as a "mathematical engineering company".

[1] Aware went public in 1996 to commercialize its DSL products[5] and intellectual property,[6] at which time it also had an established business supplying biometrics software for law enforcement applications.

[7][8] Between 2009 and 2012, Aware divested several assets unrelated to its current business.

[9][10][11] As of 2019, Aware is focused exclusively on providing biometrics software and services.