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Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for authenticating by labeling are provided herein. A method includes establishing a set of cryptographic information, wherein said set of cryptographic information comprises (i) a set of one or more graphical-based input elements and (ii) one or more graphical-based labels assigned to the set of one or more input elements in accordance with a given arrangement; generating a prompt via a computing device interface in connection with an authentication request to access a protected resource associated with the computing device; processing input cryptographic information entered via the computing device interface in response to the prompt against the set of cryptographic information; and resolving the authentication request based on said processing.