Physical security

The security of the Blue Prism runtime resources is paramount as these resources are responsible for executing the automated processes and where relevant will be logged on, and interacting with third-party applications, on screen, via the respective graphical user interfaces (GUI).

It is essential that physical access to these components is restricted to prevent unauthorized users from directly monitoring the actions being taken, and getting access to the data that is being processed. In addition, this helps to prevent users from being able to interrupt the process and take control of the data and applications that the runtime resources have authenticated against.

For security reasons, granting access to the runtime resources once established is not recommended – the ability to restart, shut-down and start up the instances should be sufficient.

Where remote access is granted to the runtime resources, such access should be subject to appropriate control and monitoring. For further information, see User accounts, remote access, and security.