PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 Security Configuration Guide

Remote component authentication

The PowerProtect Data Manager lockbox securely stores known secrets. These secrets include any user account and protection storage credentials that you supply as you configure the software.

Credential security provides more information about the lockbox.

PowerProtect Data Manager can use stored credentials in multiple contexts. The term "consumer" means a place where the appliance uses a credential, for any purpose. For example:

• A username and password may apply to one individual host or asset. In this case, the host or asset is the consumer.
• The same credential could also apply to all assets on the same protection policy, if the assets all authenticate with the same username and password. In this case, the protection policy is the consumer, even though the credential applies to the assets under that policy.

You can manage stored credentials through the PowerProtect Data Manager UI or the REST API.