### Generating Keys for Credit Cards and Bank Accounts Data Encryption

Credit cards and bank accounts data saved in Parallels Business Automation - Standard is encrypted with public key and after this, to perform transactions or generate batch files, this data is being decrypted using a secret key. Parallels Business Automation - Standard allows generating two key pairs - to use the second one if the first key pair is lost. If you already have a key pair saved somewhere, you can upload it.

Note: If you are generating the second key pair, the credit cards and bank accounts private data saved in Parallels Business Automation - Standard by this moment is decrypted with the first secret key and after this, encrypted once again with a new public key. This means that if you lose the first secret key, you will be unable to generate the second key pair: Parallels Business Automation - Standard will be unable to decrypt the data. Thus, the keys should be carefully backed up and stored in a safe place.

To generate or upload a key pair:

1. Click the Keys Management tab on the Secure Storage screen. The list of keys (if any) appears on the screen.
2. To generate or upload a key pair, click the New Key button. The form for keys generation or uploading appears on the screen.

   Note: You can have two key pairs, as maximum. Thus, if two key pairs exist in Parallels Business Automation - Standard, then the New Key button is hidden. If keys already exist in Parallels Business Automation - Standard, you can see the list in which a key pair is referred to by a short name assigned during generation or uploading (Title). Green ticks in Public Key and Secure Key columns indicate that the keys are actually stored in the Parallels Business Automation - Standard. To change the key title or delete a key, click on its title.

3. Fill the form:
   1. Type the short name for the key pair (any alphanumeric identifier you consider convenient) into the Name field.
   2. Select what you want to do:
   - To generate a new key pair set the option button to Generate a public/secure key pair. Type the passphrase for the secure key into the relevant field.
   - To upload the existing key set the option button to Upload your public/secure keys. Either paste the public and secure keys content into the Public key and Secure key fields respectively or specify the path to the files containing the public and secure keys in the relevant fields (you can click the Browse button and locate the files). Type the passphrase for the secure key into the relevant field.
4. Click the Add button. In a few seconds the generated (or uploaded) keys appear on the screen.

   Important: Copy and save the newly generated key pair.

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