Preface
Introduction to MDM Hub Security
Resources
Roles
Users and User Groups
Security Providers
Application Level Security
Certificate-Based Authentication
Password Hashing
Glossary
- Glossary of Terms

Security Guide

10.4

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Password Hashing Overview

Password hashing is a way to irreversibly encrypt passwords through a cryptographic hash function. The MDM Hub uses a password hashing method to protect user passwords and ensure passwords are never stored in clear text form in a database. The MDM Hub administrator configures the password hashing options, such as the algorithm and customer hashing keys, during installation of the Hub Server.

Informatica provides a security configuration utility to manage some of the security settings in an MDM Hub implementation, including changing the hashing algorithm or resetting MDM Hub user passwords.

The following image shows how the MDM Hub authenticates user password: