Security Statement
RAPID is committed to providing the Credit Union industry with the leading secure electronic commerce network.
RAPID provides an electronic commerce environment that complies with industry standard security technology and practices to ensure the security and privacy of each transaction.

RAPID is the Internet based system designed and created to provide RAPID's customers the ability to order, status, and receive products. In order to ensure the security and privacy of the transactions conducted on RAPID a combination of several widely accepted security methods are utilized. RAPID utilizes a combination of firewall security, Digital Certificates and Secure Socket Layer (SSL), and username and password protection for access to the RAPID site.

RAPID utilizes a leading firewall system to provide the RAPID web servers with secure access to the public Internet. Firewall technology protects the RAPID network from unauthorized access. RAPID utilizes digital certificates and Secure Socket Layer technology to ensure secure transmission of the users information. (SSL) technology, the industry-standard method for protecting web communications was developed by Netscape Communications Corporation. The SSL security protocol provides data encryption, server authentication, message integrity, and optional client authentication for a TCP/IP connection. Because SSL is built into all major browsers and web servers, simply installing a digital certificate turns on their SSL capabilities.

SSL comes in two strengths, 40-bit and 128-bit, which refer to the length of the "session key" generated by every encrypted transaction. The longer the key, the more difficult it is to break the encryption code. Most browsers support 40-bit SSL sessions, and the latest browsers enable users to encrypt transactions in 128-bit sessions - trillions of times stronger than 40-bit sessions. RAPID utilizes 128-bit encryption in transmission of all data. Digital Certificates and SSL technology is the standard security technology for data transmitted to and from the leading Internet browsers. The Secure Socket Layer technology encrypts the data transmitted and received from the browser to the web server. The Secure Socket Layer technology utilized by RAPID ensures the user that unauthorized parties cannot access their information.

The RAPID web site utilizes usernames and passwords to identify each unique user on the RAPID network. Each RAPID user is assigned a unique username and password. The username and password identifies the RAPID user on the network and ensures the RAPID user that their information and transactions will be kept secure and separate from other RAPID users. The combination of these three technologies allows RAPID to provide its customers with the most commonly accepted security measures and a secure method of conducting electronic commerce.