Patent ID: 11888843
Assignee: SPYCLOUD, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 37:
38. A method, comprising:
obtaining, with a computer system, a first password, the first password being associated with a first username and serving to afford access to a network-accessible resource;
determining, with the computer system, whether the first password satisfies one or more criteria from among a plurality of criteria, wherein the determining whether the first password satisfies the one or more criteria includes determining whether the first password satisfies a first criterion among the plurality of criteria that includes:
generating a criterion for a comparison, the criterion for the comparison being generated at least based on whether another comparison identifying the first password has been previously made;
comparing the first password to a set of compromised credentials within a database, wherein the database is continuously updated with additional compromised credentials;
determining whether the first password matches one or more passwords within the database, wherein the first criterion is satisfied in response to the one or more passwords matching the first password; and
receiving, from the database, the one or more passwords that matches the first password based on the comparison and the criterion for the comparison; and

in response to the determination that the first password satisfies the one or more criteria from among the plurality of criteria, causing, with the computer system, a use of the first password to access the network-accessible resource to be rejected.