Difference between CyberArk and BP Credential Manager

[KarthikaPalanis]

​Hi All,

What is the difference between CyberArk Vault and BP Credential Manager?  or What is that Vault gives over and above what Credential manager does? Reason for asking is, I see the same set of features as below for both

1. Secure storage of password
2.  Recycle of password (Via Change Password for BP) , for Vault (its automated)
3. Encryption algorithm (AES 256) for encryption/decryption

Except for the fact that Vault is exclusively designed for password management

Regards,
Karthika.P


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Karthika Palanisamy
Associate
DB
Asia/Kolkata
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[Ben.Lyons1]

Hi Karthika,

I would imagine some of the core functionalities are similar, as you've detailed. However, when it comes to managing the credentials for your digital workers, Credential Manager is a fully integrated part of Blue Prism. Making it easy for your digital workers to securely store and access their passwords. Here are a few of the key features of credential manager:

• 3 Encryption algorithms available, AES-256 (AESCryptoService), AES-256 Rijndael Managed, and 3des 192-bit  
• Built in actions to read/write/generate passwords
• Passwords can only be accessed by the digital workers (great for demonstrating a secure environment)
• It can also be used to store API keys and tokens, usable directly in the respective API configuration
• Additional passwords for a credential can be stored securely as "Properties"

I hope that helps.

Thanks

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Ben Lyons
Product Consultant
Blue Prism
UK
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[Vinodh__Kannan__Krishnan]

Hello - Adding to Ben's inputs, most organizations have a password vault (like Cyberark) to store passwords in a centralized manner. The Audit & security teams monitor reports from the password vault for controls & compliance, so they prefer using existing password vaults over BP credential manager.

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Vinodh Kannan Krishnan
AVP
State Street Corporation
America/New_York
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[KarthikaPalanis]

​Thanks a lot Ben Lyons and Vinodh Kannan Krishnan for the information above.

As per your experience, have you seen Latency issue between Vault and BP , particularly in case of large number of bots with concurrent and repetitive hits?

Also if Cyberark is down for any reason , then ideally it brings downtime to Blue Prism, as we are dependent on it for the credentials. How do we overcome this?

Regards,
Karthika.P

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Karthika Palanisamy
Associate
DB
Asia/Kolkata
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