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SECURITY
STATEMENT
Security
Your
transactions are absolutely safe. Peninsula Bank works with
cutting-edge technology partners to ensure that the most secure
environment is made possible for our valued customers. We offer you
worry-free Internet banking. You can be completely confident of the
following security measures:
Secure
Communications
Our system
ensures that data-exchanged between your PC and our computers are
encrypted with 128-bit encryption – the strongest encryption available.
Encryption is accomplished through Secure Sockets Layers (SSL), which
utilizes mathematical formulas to ‘encrypt’ or hide information from
prying eyes on the Internet. Additionally, if SSL detects that data was
added or deleted after you sent it to the bank, the connection will be
severed in order to guard against any tampering. The most popular
browsers have the SSL security feature included. How can you tell if
your browser is secure?
Click here.
Secure
Environment
Our computer
system does not connect directly to the Internet. It is isolated from
the network via a ‘firewall.’ A firewall is a combination of software
and hardware products that designate parameters, and control and limit
the access that outside computers have to the banks’ internal networks
and databases. You can feel secure knowing that our firewall protects
your personal information from unauthorized access.
Secure
Login
User IDs and
passwords are isolated from the Internet by being stored on Peninsula
Bank’s computer. This way, the passwords and IDs can never be
accessed or downloaded by anyone on the Internet. Additionally, user
passwords can vary from eight to sixteen characters, which means
the chance of randomly guessing a password is less than one in one
billion! The system also checks for invalid logins and automatically
disallows a user after five invalid attempts. This prohibits the
‘hacker’ from gaining access to our system, thus protecting your
accounts.
Your
Password
You will be
responsible for maintaining one of the most important security measures:
your password. When you receive your
Peninsula Bank
online banking [ePower+ password], be sure to keep it a
secret. Memorize it, or write it down and keep it in a safe place. It is
not recommended you carry your password in your purse or wallet. Make
sure no one watches you enter your password and always close your
browser when leaving the computer. Make sure you regularly scan your
computer for viruses that could be used to capture password keystrokes.
You ultimately hold the key to your password security.” |
