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title: Configuring security credentials
description: You can configure security credentials and requirements as needed.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.1
page_id: pingfederate:administrators_reference_guide:help_idpconnectionconfigtasklet_credentialsstate
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.1/administrators_reference_guide/help_idpconnectionconfigtasklet_credentialsstate.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: July 5, 2022
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Configuring security credentials

You can configure security credentials and requirements as needed.

## About this task

The **Credentials** tab provides the launching point for configuring security requirements you might need depending on the federation protocol you are using and the choices you have made.

## Steps

* To continue, click **Configure Credentials**.

For more information and configuration steps see:

* [Configuring back-channel authentication for outbound messages](pf_config_back_channel_auth_outbound_messag.html)

* [Configuring back-channel authentication for inbound messages](pf_config_back_channel_auth_inbound_messag.html)

* [Configuring digital signatures for identity provider connections](pf_configuring_digital_signatures_identity_provider_connections.html)

* [Managing signature verification settings](pf_managing_signature_verification_settings.html)

* [Choosing an encryption certificate (SAML 2.0)](help_idp_credentialstasklet_selectxmlencryptioncertstate.html)

* [Choosing a decryption key (SAML 2.0)](help_idp_credentialstasklet_selectxmldecryptionkeystate.html)

* [Reviewing IdP credential settings](help_idp_credentialstasklet_summarycardstate.html)

* [Reviewing an IdP connection](help_idpconnectionconfigtasklet_activationstate.html)