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Hewlett-Packard plans to acquire Trustgenix, a company that allows users to authenticate their identity to access accounts on multiple sites.
Wealth management giant AMP will use its Financial Services division as the test-bed for a new identity management system likely to be rolled out next year across the entire organisation.
The former United States undersecretary of state for security says that identity authentication is crucial to stopping terrorists.
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