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Quicken uses industry-standard encryption and authentication methods. For more information, see What do I need to know about the way Quicken protects my financial information?
Financial institutions also safeguard the security of customer information on their internal systems by maintaining the physical security of and access to computers, private keys, and customer IDs and passwords.
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Encryption methods used by Quicken to provide secure SSL SSL Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is an industry standard cryptographic protocol which provides secure message transmission on the Internet. The "sockets" part of the term refers to the sockets method of passing data back and forth between a client and a server program in a network or between program layers in the same computer. SSL uses the public-and-private key encryption system from RSA, which also includes the use of a digital certificate. connections include 128-bit RC4 and 168-bit triple DES. Financial institutions and processors have the option of using stronger encryption. Additional security precautions include digital signatures and digital certificates.
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Quicken includes the following built-in security features:
- The ability to password protect your Quicken data files.
- The ability to review and delete online payment instructions before you connect and send them over the Internet.
- The ability to store your online passwords in a password-protected Password Vault.
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