Integrating with credential brokers

BMC Helix Discovery can use discovery credentials stored in a number of credential brokers. The credential broker is application software in your IT infrastructure that can store and manage different types of credentials, according to your in-house security policies.

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Credential broker performance testing

Credential brokers are designed with human interaction in mind. When BMC Helix Discovery is scanning, it can make many simultaneous API calls. Before putting an integration with any supported credential broker into production, you should perform scale and performance testing in your IT environment.

BMC Helix Discovery supports the following credential brokers: