Patent ID: 8607303
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer processor, from a user, a first proposed password and a desired password duration indicating a length of time the user would like the first proposed password to be valid prior to expiration; determining, by the computer processor, a first complexity level of the first proposed password based on at least one characteristic of the first proposed password; identifying, by the computer processor, a first password duration of the first proposed password based on the initial complexity level of the first proposed password, wherein the first password duration is a length of time the first proposed password is valid prior to expiration; identifying, by the computer processor, a desired complexity level based on the desired password duration, wherein the desired complexity level defines at least one password characteristic required to achieve the desired password duration; determining, by the computer processor, at least one modification to a characteristic of the first proposed password that would increase the initial complexity level of the first proposed password to the desired complexity level; and suggesting the at least one modification to the user.