AutoMate™ contains many features aimed at security throughout the application. Each task can be individually password protected to prevent either read access or read/write access to a task. This prevents unauthorized editing or viewing of a task's contents in a multi-user environment. You can even protect the task from being launched manually through the Configuration Manager; a feature useful for time-sensitive task launching.
New actions have also been added to the Step Builder to tighten security. The new Password Action will interrupt task execution at a user-defined point and prompt for a password. If the incorrect password is entered a specified number of times, the task will fail. There are even actions to lock the workstation from keyboard and/or mouse input for a block of steps.
For even more added security, the task file itself can no longer be edited manually using a text editor, as was the case with previous versions. Only AutoMate™ itself can modify a task file. This was done to prevent possibly malicious task modifications being made directly to the task file and defeating the task password protection. If AutoMate™ detects an attempt to defeat the task file's security, it will erase every password field of each step of each task within the task file, while leaving the task-specific passwords intact.
Remember, however, that the best security is accomplished through common sense. If security is a major concern, choose your steps and tasks properly, and take every necessary precaution on your system to make it as difficult as possible for others to access sensitive parts of your system.