Patent ID: 8838959
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of securely updating at least one password on a network connected to a plurality of password domains, the method comprising: maintaining, by a password portal, a table associating user identifiers with the password domains in which the user identifiers are used; receiving from a user a user identifier and password; authenticating the received user identifier and password at the password portal; receiving from the user a communication requesting a password change; implementing the requested password change in the table; exchanging at least one synchronization message between the password portal and an additional password portal to ensure each password portal maintains an updated table; identifying at least one password domain associated with the authenticated user identifier in which the received user identifier is used; determining, by the password portal from the at least one password domain, a password change authentication level associated with the at least one password domain, the password change authentication level being an authentication level that is specified by the at least one password domain that must be met before a password change will be implemented at the at least one password domain; and only if the user identifier has been authenticated at the password portal to an authentication level that meets or exceeds the password change authentication level specified by the at least one identified password domain: