Patent ID: 7831833

Claim:
A method of providing access to a resource on a server, the method comprising: receiving, by a password manager agent executing on a server, a first authenticator for a user; encrypting, by the password manager agent using a first key, in response to receipt of the first authenticator, a user credential required for access to at least one resource; destroying the first key; receiving, by the password manager agent subsequent to the destruction of the first key, a second authenticator used to authenticate the user; receiving, by the server, a request from the user to access the at least one resource; regenerating, by the password manager agent, the first key following validation of the identity of the user; decrypting the encrypted user credential using the regenerated first key; providing the decrypted user credential to the at least one resource; encrypting the user credential using a second key created following the receipt of the second authenticator; and destroying the second key.