All passwords contained in partner profiles are securely managed by the Integration Server's Password Manager. When you create a partner profile, Trading Networks creates a handle for the password and passes both the password and its handle to the Password Manager. The Password Manager encrypts the password and stores the password and its handle in the IS repository. The Trading Networks database stores only the handle.

When you need to display or update an existing profile, Trading Networks reads the appropriate handle in its database and asks the Password Manager to return the password. The Password Manager obtains the password from the Integration Server repository, decrypts it, and returns it to Trading Networks. If the password is already cached in the Trading Networks database, this process is not necessary.