Patent ID: 8856904

Claim:
A method, in a data processing system, for enhancing password protection, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a combination password from a user, the combination password comprising dynamic text interspersed within a static user password, the combination password generated by presenting a dynamic suggestion to the user, the dynamic suggestion instructing the user to enter a first text value at a first identified location from a grid card either after or before a first identified character position of the static user password, and the first text value identified by a first column indicator and a first row indicator; determining, by the processor, whether the combination password is to be verified without the dynamic text; responsive to identifying that the combination password is to be verified without the dynamic text, filtering, by the processor, the dynamic text from the combination password based on the dynamic suggestion issued to the user prior to the combination password being received thereby forming a filtered password; authenticating, by the processor, the filtered password using information stored for the user; and responsive to validating the filtered password, granting, by the processor, access by the user to a secured system.