Security
Your transactions
are absolutely safe. Virginia Heritage 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?
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 Virginia
Heritage 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 six to twelve characters with at least 1 alpha and 1
numeric character required, 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 three 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 Virginia Heritage Bank online banking
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.”
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