Patent ID: 8819810

Claim:
A system comprising: authentication data to control a user's access to data; a user interface to receive, before the user loses the authentication data, user preference information related to a plurality of user initiated procedures for resetting the authentication data to deal with future user side loss of the authentication data, wherein a user initiation is required each time when each of the procedures is executed, and wherein the user preference information is stored in a user profile and can be directly changed by the user through the user interface; and a selector to select, based on the user preference information, a procedure from the plurality of procedures for resetting the authentication data, the selected procedure to be activated to reset the authentication data when the authentication data is lost by the user or a user request to reset the authentication data is received; wherein the user is allowed to change the user preference information, through the user interface, before the user loses the authentication data, when user's security requirement changes, causing the selector to select a different procedure from the plurality of user initiated procedures.