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Considerations for securing adapters
An adapter is the mechanism used by an application to communicate with an Enterprise Information System (EIS). The information exchanged between an application and an EIS can be highly sensitive and therefore important to ensure the security of this information transaction.
Two types of adapters are supported in IBM BPM: WebSphere Business Integration Adapters and WebSphere Adapters. The security of both types of adapters is discussed in the following topics:
- Considerations for securing WebSphere Business Integration Adapters
When working with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters, there are a number of considerations for administering application security.- Considerations for securing WebSphere Adapters
When working with WebSphere Adapters, there are a number of considerations for administering application security.