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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yuk L. Chan, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael D. Essenmacher, Danbury, CT (US);
James M. Hertzig, Tillson, NY (US);
David B. Lection, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is a method, computer program product, and/or system that performs the following steps (not necessarily in the following order): (i) presenting a first challenge-response test to a requestor seeking access to a first application; (ii) receiving a first answer to the first challenge-response test from the requestor; (iii) storing a first test-answer set; and (iv) selecting a subsequent challenge-response test, based at least in part on the first test-answer set. The first test-answer set includes the first answer and a first test indicator. At least the selecting step is performed by computer software running on computer hardware.