Home Banking Security

This Internet banking system uses industry-standard technology including password-controlled entry, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, data encryption, public-private key pair, firewalls and filtering routers. Each security component acts as a layer of protection to safeguard sensitive data from unauthorized users.

Password-Controlled Access

First, this system requires customer identification through a private account number and password before you can get into the front-end of the system. You should keep this password and account number absolutely private.

Transmission Security: Encryption

Once you have logged on correctly, you will enter a secure environment in which you can conduct your transactions. The browser automatically secures the session using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. With SSL, data that travels between the bank and customer is encrypted and can only be decrypted with what is called the public and private key pair.

Information Privacy: Firewalls and Filtering Routers

Finally, once requests arrive at the bank the server is protected by a series of firewalls and filtering routers which verify the source and destination of the requests traveling in information packets. The firewall is set up to reject any unauthorized traffic. This reemphasizes the importance of the password, which is the only legitimate entry into the program. The purpose of the router is to keep out traffic that does not emanate from one of the only two legitimate ends of a secured transaction: the customer or the bank.

It is with the above security measures that your transactions are secured over the Internet.