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Redundancy & Security
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Redundancy – Guaranteeing Access
  • Multiple Websites
    • San Diego, CA
    • Hackensack, NJ
    • Raleigh, NC
    • Albany NY


  • Multiple Communication Links
    • Telephone Company
      • T1 – DSL – Dial Up
    • Cable
      • Coax
    • Wireless
      • Satellite




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ABT Policy Statement
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Internet Security Overview
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Industry Standard & Application Specific
  • Industry Standard
    • Encryption
    • Authentication & Authorization
    • Digital certificates


  • Application Specific
    • Client document/data segregation
    • Permissions
    • Document level encryption
    • Timeouts
    • VPN Tunneling

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Industry Standard
  • INDUSTRY STANDARD


  • OFF THE SHELF


  • E-COMMERCE LEVEL PROTECTIONS
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Encryption
  • Securing content during Internet transmission


    • SSL = Secured Socket Layer
    • 128 bit encryption
    • How do you detect?
    • https://
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Authentication/Authorization
  • The Login Process


    • Authentication
      • Username
        • Who am I?

    • Authorization
      • Password
        • Am I authorized?
        • Determines content permissions
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Digital Certificates
  • Digital certificates – Authorized site


  • Secure your Web site and display the VeriSign Secure Site Seal to assure your customers that your Web site is authentic and that all transactions are secured by SSL encryption.


  • International customers are served by the VeriSign Trust Network of International affiliates.


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Application Specific
  • APPLICATION SPECIFIC


  • CUSTOM TAILORED


  • MORE IMPORTANT THAN E-COMMERCE STANDARDS
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Client Segregation
  • Insuring Separation


    • Index data & document images
      • Stored on separate servers
        • Database server
        • Document image server
      • Stored in separate paths
        • Folder & File

    • Client dedicated servers
      • As requested by client
      • Client pays for cost of hardware & associated software

    • Access IP’s & Domains
      • Unique addressing
        • By client and/or by client application
        • URL https://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
        • Domain https://www.abtserver.com/appname
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Permissioned Access
  • What do you have permission to access?


    • Document level
      • Specific documents & document groups or sections
      • Common to AR, AP, Healthcare, HR, Loans, Contracts

    • Report level
      • Reports or report groups generally by department
      • Used in broadcasted report distribution

    • Content level
      • Index determined
        • Account #, Dept #, Name, Date, Document Type, etc.
      • Document content – data documents only
        • Inclusive or Exclusive based on document data content
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Sample Permissions Listing Screen
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Permissions Administration
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Document “token value” Encryption
  • Also know as  “token” authentication


    • Must know token value to open document
      • Documents encrypted with unique token password
      • Generated when document is retrieved & sent
    • Token value can be refreshed at any frequency
      • Time period driven
    • Static or dynamic generation
      • Existing token or new token per document event
      • Dynamic requires email notification/authorization
    • Most secure form of authenticating “right to view”
      • Only way to guarantee authenticity of viewing entity
    • A winner with Legal and IT departments
      • The only truly defensible Reg compliant methodology


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Timeouts
  • Managing session & content exposure?


    • Forced timeouts
      • Fixed session timeframe
      • Re-authentication required every “n” minutes


    • Inactivity timeouts
      • Re-authenticate within span of last activity
      • Based on absence of user activity within “n” minutes


    • Viewing timeouts
      • Blank out view of image within “n” minutes
      • Removes the image from the workstation screen

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VPN Tunneling – Document Warehousing
  • Backend Document Warehousing Approach


    • Extranet/Intranet/VPN Client Access Point
      • Session authentication/authorization is Client controlled
      • XML exchanges between Client’s servers & ABT servers


    • Application features remain intact
      • Application defined permissions
      • Document “token value” security


    • Secure document image Internet transmission
      • Document image “code key” access control
      • Requesting server/workstation authentication

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VPN Tunneling/Client Side
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Digital Document Warehouse Schema