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Administrator Password Encryption

The following administration accounts are created by default when you install the CA GovernanceMinder server:

• EAdmin—a default account with administrator privileges in the Portal.
• EBatch—a default account that is used to run batch processing jobs.

To secure these accounts, change their default passwords and encrypt the new password. Perform this procedure after you implement the desired encryption algorithms on the portal. For example, if your operating environment requires FIPS-compliant encryption, enable FIPS encryption algorithms before you encrypt these passwords.

Repeat this procedure when you change the active encryption algorithm of the CA GovernanceMinder server.

Note: You need administrator-level rights in the Portal to perform this procedure.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Administration, Settings, Properties Settings from the Portal.

   The Properties screen appears.

2. Enter the search term password in the Filter Properties Keys Containing field and click Apply Filter.

   A filtered list of properties appears.

3. Locate the following values in the list:

   sage.admin password

   Defines the password of the EAdmin user account.

   sage.batch.password

   Defines the password of the EBatch user account.

4. Modify and encrypt these passwords:
   1. Click Edit in the list to edit a property.

      The Edit Property window appears.

   2. Enter a new password in the Property Value field.
   3. In the Type drop-down list, select the Database Property option.
   4. Select the Encrypt Property check box, and click Save.

      The new password value is encrypted and saved to the database. Hash marks appear in the Property Value column of the Properties screen.

5. Repeat this procedure for both system properties.

   Administrator passwords are encrypted.