https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80989#M926 HI Malak,<BR /><BR />You are correct in the fact that Blue Prism recommends storing the Encryption Schemes private key on the application server(s) and not in the database. The key is used to encrypt various tables in the Blue Prism database which may contain sensitive data such as the credential manager and any encrypted work queues. If you were to then store the key in the same database, all those tables would be accessible to anyone with access to the same database where the data is encrypted.<BR /><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="32434.png"><img src="https://community.blueprism.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32543i168BCE777FE64054/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="32434.png" alt="32434.png" /></span><BR />A bit like storing your car keys in your car, so I hope that clarifies things.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Ryan Andrews<BR />Platform Consultant<BR />Blue Prism<BR />Australia/Brisbane<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:54:00 GMT RyanAndrews 2021-10-26T23:54:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80986#M923 Hi All,<BR /><BR />Good Day!<BR /><BR />While we are deploying Blue Prism Application Server, which place encryption key will be stored by default?&nbsp; <BR /><BR />As per Blue Prism Video, it will store in automation.config file, but can we store in database?<BR /><BR />-Thanks<BR />Malak Dudhia<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Malak Dudhia<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:31:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80986#M923 MalakDudhia1 2021-10-22T16:31:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80987#M924 Hi <a href="https://community.blueprism.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/46969">@MalakDudhia1</a>,<BR /><BR />As per blue prism recommendation, the encryption key should be placed on the application server rather than database. Since in case of any DR (Disaster recovery) or in case the database gets corrupted, the encryption keys get lost and you won't be able to decrypt the data. It is always recommended to use App server for enterprise installations.​<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Ritansh Jatwani Senior Consultant<BR />Consultant<BR />EY<BR />Gurgaon<BR />*If you find this post helpful mark it as best answer<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:58:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80987#M924 ritansh.jatwani 2021-10-24T17:58:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80988#M925 Thank you Ritansh for your response!<BR /><BR />So due to security reason, Blue Prism will store Encryption Key in Automate.Config file instead of Database?<BR /><BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Malak Dudhia<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:04:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80988#M925 MalakDudhia1 2021-10-24T18:04:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80989#M926 HI Malak,<BR /><BR />You are correct in the fact that Blue Prism recommends storing the Encryption Schemes private key on the application server(s) and not in the database. The key is used to encrypt various tables in the Blue Prism database which may contain sensitive data such as the credential manager and any encrypted work queues. If you were to then store the key in the same database, all those tables would be accessible to anyone with access to the same database where the data is encrypted.<BR /><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="32434.png"><img src="https://community.blueprism.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32543i168BCE777FE64054/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="32434.png" alt="32434.png" /></span><BR />A bit like storing your car keys in your car, so I hope that clarifies things.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Ryan Andrews<BR />Platform Consultant<BR />Blue Prism<BR />Australia/Brisbane<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:54:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/University-Forum/Where-Encryption-Key-store-while-deploying-Blue-Prism/m-p/80989#M926 RyanAndrews 2021-10-26T23:54:00Z