| 摘要 |
<p>According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an authenticating section that authenticates a user; an inputting section that allows the user to input authentication information used for performing the authentication by the authenticating section; an upper-limit retaining section that retains an upper limit indicating a maximum number to which the number of consecutive failures of the authentication is allowed; and an upper-limit decreasing section that decreases the upper limit when trials of the authentication consecutively fail until the number of failures reaches the upper limit.</p> |
