Patent ID: 11902319
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A computer program product comprising: the computer-implemented process comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a quantity of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to access a targeted item protected by a current password;
responsive to the quantity of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to access the targeted item exceeding a predefined threshold, program instructions to select a new password in a sequential order from a set of new passwords, wherein a length of the selected new password exceeds a length of a previous new password and the selected new password is based on a more complex set of password generation rules than the current password;
program instructions to change the current password of the targeted item to the new password; and
program instructions to send an encrypted message regarding the new password to a user associated with the targeted item.