RPA Security and Governance Flashcards
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What is 'privileged access management' important for in RPA security?
Answer: Controlling and auditing the elevated access rights that bots use to perform automated tasks
Bots often require privileged access to complete tasks; privileged access management ensures these credentials are securely controlled, rotated, and audited.
What is a key security risk of using a shared bot account across multiple processes?
Answer: It becomes difficult to trace which process performed a specific action in audit logs
Shared accounts make auditability impossible — you can't determine which bot or process performed a specific action when all use the same identity.
What does 'separation of duties' mean in an RPA governance model?
Answer: Ensuring no single person can design, test, and deploy a bot to production without oversight
Separation of duties prevents fraud and errors by requiring different people to be involved in building, testing, and approving bots before production deployment.
Why is 'data encryption' important when RPA bots handle sensitive information?
Answer: It protects sensitive data from being exposed if bot logs, files, or transmissions are intercepted
Encrypting data that bots handle — both in transit and at rest — ensures that sensitive information remains protected even if log files or transfers are compromised.
What is 'bot identity' and why is it important in RPA security?
Answer: Each bot should have a unique identity (service account) to enable traceability and access control
Assigning each bot a unique service account identity ensures that all actions are traceable to a specific bot, enabling audit trails and fine-grained access controls.
What does 'compliance monitoring' in RPA governance involve?
Answer: Continuously verifying that bot activities adhere to regulatory and internal policy requirements
Compliance monitoring tracks bot behavior against regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX, HIPAA) and internal policies to detect and report any violations.
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