Passwords and other sensitive information such as user credentials, account number, and social security numbers included in automation tasks are encrypted and stored as credentials centrally in the Credential Vault.

All Control Room users can create credentials.

Benefits of creating credentials

Apart from providing a secure and centralized location for storing credentials, it:

  • Minimizes the possibility of credential fraud.
  • Provides an environment to enable improved security.
  • Enables businesses to adhere to processes and credential management compliance.
  • Offers increased automation opportunities with secure data or applications.

Roles permission for credential and locker management

role permissions related to credentials

Manage my credentials and lockers: By default, you (all users) can see the Credentials tab and manage your own credentials. In addition, you can interact with locker of other users, if they provide locker access permission.

Lockers overview.

My Credentials

This tab consists the list of credentials created by a user. All users have permission to see their credentials.

In case you have AAE_Locker Admin permission, then you can view credentials of all the users. In the search pane you can filter credentials according to the credential name.

The following table describes the list of items that can be viewed:

The following describes the list of actions that can be done on individual entries in the table:

Alternatively, you can select all credentials and perform the following table-level actions:

Table Item Description
Refresh Refresh Allows you to refresh the list of credentials.
Delete Delete Allows you to delete multiple credentials.
Customize columns Customize columns

Allows you to show or hide specific columns. By default, all the columns are displayed.

Audit Logs

Create, Update, Delete, and Transfer Credential Ownership actions are tracked in audit logs for record keeping and future use. You can refer those entries in the Audit log page.