Access to data or systems is often protected and requires authentication by presenting a password. If the authentication mechanism is implemented in software only, the access typically is prone to hacker's attacks. Since Trusted Pass is implemented in a dedicated hardware system of TIPN gateway, a built in VPN tunnel creates prevention mechanism, which effectively protects against guessing or pharming/phishing attacks. Without this level of protection, only passwords with high complexity would provide more of user friction and complication.