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

Claim 13:
14. A computer system for dynamic change of a password to access an account, the computer-implemented process comprising:
one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, 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.