Automation

Automation security

Terms

6 terms

  • Audit trail

    An audit trail is a chronological, tamper-evident record of who or what performed each action in an automated system, when, on what and with what result.

  • Automation governance

    Automation governance is the set of policies, roles and controls that keep an organization's workflows, bots and integrations secure, compliant and owned.

  • Credential vault

    A credential vault is a secured, access-controlled store that holds the passwords, API keys and tokens automated workflows need, issuing them only at run time.

  • Service account

    A service account is a non-human identity that an application, script or automated workflow uses to authenticate and access systems with defined permissions.

  • Shadow automation

    Shadow automation means workflows, bots and scripts that run business processes without the knowledge, review or controls of IT and security teams.

  • Webhook signature

    A webhook signature is a cryptographic value attached to a webhook request that proves which system sent it and that its payload was not altered.