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                                                                    Exhibit 31.2




                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


I, Keith E. Farris, Chief Financial Officer of Aware, Inc., certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Aware, Inc.;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
         untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
         under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
         the period covered by this quarterly report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
         material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
         cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
         this quarterly report;

4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
         establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
         control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
         13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

         a)       designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                  designed under our supervision, to ensure that
                  material information relating to the registrant,
                  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                  known to us by others within those entities,
                  particularly during the period in which this
                  quarterly report is being prepared;

         b)       designed such internal control over financial
                  reporting, or caused such internal control over
                  financial reporting to be designed under our
                  supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
                  regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
                  the preparation of financial statements for external
                  purposes in accordance with generally accepted
                  accounting principles;

         c)       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report
                  our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                  controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
                  by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

         d)       disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
                  recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal
                  quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                  materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
                  materially affect, the registrant's internal control
                  over financial reporting; and

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5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
         on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
         registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
         function):

         a)       all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                  design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial information; and

         b)       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                  or other employees who have a significant role in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting.




Date: AUGUST 07, 2006                          /S/ KEITH E. FARRIS
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                                               Keith E. Farris
                                               Chief Financial Officer