These are not the first efforts to get beyond passwords, said Robert Siciliano, CEO of IDTheftSecurity. "The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) has been at this since 2010, but many private companies have been at this for over a decade," he said.
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