Password Encryption Security

The diagram below illustrates the security method applied when initially registering for Boomi AtomSphere and how it is used when storing password information.

During Registration

When you register an account and activate, we generate a private/public x509 key for you (PKI). We store both the public cert and the private key in our secure data center.

During Build Phase

When you build a Connector, you will notice a special window when entering a password, this is the password encryption window. You enter the password into this window, the password is then encrypted using the public key stored for your account. It is now in a format that only the account holder can decrypt, because only the account holder has access to the password used to unlock the private key (that matches the public key used to encrypt the password).

Deploying Atom

When you deploy an atom, the entire encrypted string gets deployed to that Atom and the credentials of your account supplied during Atom deployment will unlock the communication password at runtime.