What is encryption?
A. Turning meaningful words and numbers into coded language – that is encryption. Your password, as well as all information relating to your accounts and your enrollment, is scrambled using some of the strongest forms of encryption commercially available for use over the World Wide Web. We encrypt your Pacific Oaks Online Home Banking sessions within our servers, providing you with stronger, 128-bit encryption without requiring you to upgrade your standard 40- or 56- bit browser version.
Encryption is a process by which we use software to scramble sensitive information while it is in transit to Bank-Fund Staff FCU. Please take a moment to read about the steps that we have taken to help protect your information and make your online transmissions safer in the section labeled “What We Do”. We also invite you to review the steps you can take to help protect yourself further in the section labeled “What You Can Do”.
Encryption is the scrambling of information for transmission back and forth between two points. A key is required to decode the information. When you request information about your accounts, the request is sent encrypted to Security State Bank. We then decode your request for information and send it back to you in an encrypted format. When you receive it, your information is decoded so that you can read it. Because your account information is being transmitted between you and Security State Bank, encryption protects your account information so it can’t be intercepted and read by a third party.
Encryption systems scramble electronic communications and information, and allow users to communicate on the Internet with confidence, knowing their security and privacy are protected. We use 128-bit encryption, which provides powerful encryption protection for Internet transactions. This encryption ensures that only John Marshall Bank can view the information you exchange online.
