Adoption of Robotic Process Automation “RPA” is rising with the time and maturity of offered solutions. Because of the volume of automation, RPA inherently deals with much confidential business data, regardless of whether the technology is deployed within a small-to medium-sized medical practice or a global enterprise. In automating everyday business processes such as transferring files, processing orders, and running payroll, RPA’s software robots process information from various company databases and log into different accounts using supplied passwords. In this way, the automation platform gains access to all kinds of information about a company’s employees, customers, and vendors.
This raises a big concern and some of the key questions
- How can a company make sure that privileges given to the software robots are not misused?
- Which parties are able to access the data processed by RPA?
- What can be done to safeguard confidential information from non-privileged parties?
- Alignment to data security regulations: FISMA, HIPAA, GDPR, ENISA, etc.
Making RPA security a reality
To promote both data security and access security, every part of the RPA system from the inside and to the outside has to be protected from threats.
As for security, the robot will only be as secure as the security of your existing environment. Most RPA platforms offer robust security features, such as:
- Data encryption – Data at rest and Data in motion
- Credentials vault
- Credential expiration and renewal
- Account locking
- Overall security management
- Full Audit log
- Resource & role-based access control
- Access control management through robotic monitoring and control software.
With the latest development and much connected network, you must have heard about the latest series of cyberattacks taking global companies by storm. The more artificial intelligence we bring to bots, the more security risks are introduced. However, every new problem could also generate new solutions.
