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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed some techniques for selecting a user authentication challenge. In one example, the method comprises the steps of receiving an authentication request to authenticate a user and selecting a user authentication challenge to issue to the user in response to receiving the authentication request. The selection of the user authentication challenge comprises selecting a user authentication challenge among a plurality of user authentication challenges based on the cost effectiveness of the respective user authentication challenges and characteristics of the authentication request.