Credential validation using multiple computing devices

A computer program product for credential validation using multiple computing devices, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to select, by one or more computer processors, at least one challenge question;
• program instructions to select, by one or more computer processors, one or more user owned devices, wherein selecting the one or more user owned devices includes querying a database for each user owned device associated with a user account;
• program instructions to select, by one or more computer processors, at least one device order, based, at least in part, on a level of security desired in credential validation;
• program instructions to present, by one or more computer processors, the at least one challenge question to the one or more user owned devices, wherein the at least one challenge question includes the at least one device order for returning at least one response;
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• program instructions to determine, by one or more computer processors, whether the at least one response received from the one or more user owned devices is a correct response relative to the at least one challenge question and the at least one device order.

A computer system for credential validation using multiple computing devices, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to select, by one or more computer processors, at least one challenge question;
• program instructions to select, by one or more computer processors, one or more user owned devices, wherein selecting the one or more user owned devices includes querying a database for each user owned device associated with a user account;
• program instructions to select, by one or more computer processors, at least one device order, based, at least in part, on a level of security desired in credential validation;
• program instructions to present, by one or more computer processors, the at least one challenge question to the one or more user owned devices, wherein the at least one challenge question includes the at least one device order for returning at least one response;
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• program instructions to determine, by one or more computer processors, whether the at least one response received from the one or more user owned devices is a correct response relative to the at least one challenge question and the at least one device order.