diff --git a/src/MD_STD_SEC.php b/src/MD_STD_SEC.php
index c23bd5c..b39d387 100644
--- a/src/MD_STD_SEC.php
+++ b/src/MD_STD_SEC.php
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ final class MD_STD_SEC {
     const REFRESH_TIME_IP = 180;     // Time until the comp. with the same IP is cleared. This should be lower than the user-level one, as people working together may be using a common IP.
 
     const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_DEFAULT = 2000; // 2000 microseconds = 2 milliseconds
-    const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_COMMON   = 1.08;
-    const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_USER = 2.8;
-    const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_IP = 2;
+    const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_COMMON   = 1.04;
+    const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_USER = 2.2;
+    const BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_IP = 1.8;
 
     /**
      * Function for retrieving the anti-csrf token or generating it if need be.
@@ -56,14 +56,51 @@ final class MD_STD_SEC {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Prevent brute force attacks by delaying the login .
+     * Computes the delay for preventing brute force attacks.
      *
-     * @param string $tool_name Identifier of the login.
-     * @param string $username  Username to look for.
+     * @param integer $counter_common  General counter.
+     * @param integer $counter_by_user Username-specific counter.
+     * @param integer $counter_by_ip   IP-specific counter.
+     * @param integer $max             Optional script-specific maximum execution time.
+     *
+     * @return integer
+     */
+    public static function computeAntiBruteForceDelay(int $counter_common, int $counter_by_user, int $counter_by_ip, int $max = 0):int {
+
+        $counter_common = min($counter_common, 40);
+        $counter_by_user = min($counter_by_user, 40);
+        $counter_by_ip = min($counter_by_ip, 40);
+
+        // Calculate delay
+        $delay_micoseconds = \abs(\intval(self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_DEFAULT *
+            (self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_COMMON ** $counter_common) *
+            (self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_USER ** $counter_by_user) *
+            (self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_IP ** $counter_by_ip)));
+
+        $max_execution_time = \abs((int)\ini_get("max_execution_time"));
+        if ($max_execution_time !== 0) {
+            $max_execution_microseconds = $max_execution_time * 1000000;
+            $delay_micoseconds = min($delay_micoseconds, \abs($max_execution_microseconds - 1000000));
+        }
+
+        if ($max !== 0 && $max * 1000000 < $delay_micoseconds) {
+            $delay_micoseconds = max($max - 1, 1) * 1000000;
+        }
+
+        return rand($delay_micoseconds - 100000, $delay_micoseconds);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prevent brute force attacks by delaying the login.
+     *
+     * @param string  $tool_name          Identifier of the login.
+     * @param string  $username           Username to look for.
+     * @param integer $max_execution_time Optional maximum execution time to stay below.
      *
      * @return boolean
      */
-    public static function preventBruteForce(string $tool_name, string $username):bool {
+    public static function preventBruteForce(string $tool_name, string $username, int $max_execution_time = 0):bool {
 
         // Unstable but working way to get the user's IP. If the IP is falsified,
         // this can't be found out anyway and security is established by _common.
@@ -112,16 +149,13 @@ final class MD_STD_SEC {
         $delay_multiplier_per_user = $loginLog['usr'][$hash_user]['count'];
         $delay_multiplier_per_ip = $loginLog['ip'][$hash_ip]['count'];
 
-        // Calculate delay
-        $delay_micoseconds = \intval(self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_DEFAULT *
-            (self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_COMMON ** $delay_multiplier_common) *
-            (self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_USER ** $delay_multiplier_per_user) *
-            (self::BRUTE_FORCE_DELAY_MULTIPLIER_PER_IP ** $delay_multiplier_per_ip));
-
-        $max_execution_microseconds = \abs((int)\ini_get("max_execution_time")) * 1000000;
+        $delay_micoseconds = self::computeAntiBruteForceDelay($delay_multiplier_common,
+            $delay_multiplier_per_user,
+            $delay_multiplier_per_ip,
+            $max_execution_time);
 
         // Sleep
-        \usleep(min($delay_micoseconds, \abs($max_execution_microseconds - 1000000)));
+        \usleep($delay_micoseconds);
 
         if ($delay_micoseconds > \abs($max_execution_microseconds - 1000000)) {
             return false;
diff --git a/tests/MD_STD_SECTest.php b/tests/MD_STD_SECTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae86da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/MD_STD_SECTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?PHP
+/**
+ * Tests for MD_STD_SEC.
+ *
+ * @author Joshua Ramon Enslin <joshua@museum-digital.de>
+ */
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../src/MD_STD_SEC.php';
+
+/**
+ * Tests for MD_STD_SEC.
+ */
+final class MD_STD_SECTest extends TestCase {
+    /**
+     * Function for testing if the page can be opened using invalid values for objektnum.
+     *
+     * @author Joshua Ramon Enslin <joshua@museum-digital.de>
+     * @group  MissingInputs
+     * @group  SafeForProduction
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testComputeAntiBruteForceDelayDoesNotGoOverMax():void {
+
+        $delay = MD_STD_SEC::computeAntiBruteForceDelay(100, 100, 100);
+        self::assertGreaterThan(0, $delay);
+        # self::assertLessThan(10 * 1000000, $delay); // Smaller than 10 seconds
+
+        $delay_reduced = MD_STD_SEC::computeAntiBruteForceDelay(100, 100, 100, 3);
+        self::assertGreaterThan(0, $delay_reduced);
+        self::assertLessThan(3 * 1000000, $delay_reduced); // Smaller than 10 seconds
+
+    }
+}