Blue Prism network connectivity

The diagram provides an overview of the common communication that occurs with the Blue Prism platform.

Communication		Description	Encryption options
Blue Prism connections to application server	A	Primary communication stream for the devices to send data to, and receive data from the database (via the application server).	Natively encrypted by default when all Blue Prism components are deployed within an Active Directory Network Infrastructure.
Instructional connection to runtime resources	B E	Instructions received by runtime resources. E.g. to start/stop processing; or to provide a status update.	Certificate-based encryption can be applied by manually deploying an appropriate certificate to each runtime resource and updating the device start-up parameters.
Blue Prism database connection	C	The read/write connection between the application server and database.	Certificate-based encryption can be applied to the connection by leveraging SQL Server functionality which can auto-generate self-signed certificates or leverage an existing verifiable certificate.
Runtime resources connecting to target applications	D	Runtimes interact with business applications as part of the process automation.	Dependent on the security provided by each respective third-party target application based on the nature of each connection.
Remote connectivity	F	The users who control the platform will commonly use a remote connectivity tool to access centrally deployed devices.	Leverages the security provided by the respective third-party remote connectivity tool.