Cape.Com Security Information Statement

Cape.Com is committed to keeping your information private and secure. However, you play an important role in maintaining your security.

Never give out your Password to anyone. Do not store your Password or other sensitive data on your computer. Log out of On-Line Accounting (OLA) when you are finished using it. For added protection, On-Line Accounting will log you out automatically after 2 minutes of inactivity.

If you feel your Password has been compromised, let us know immediately by calling 1-508-539-9500.

To assure the best security possible, there are three areas to protect: CAPE.COM's systems, transmission of data, and your computer.

CAPE.COM's systems

CAPE.COM's systems are protected first by firewalls set up between us and the Internet. Firewalls are the "traffic cops" of network security. All traffic in and out must pass through them, and they allow only certain types of traffic to be sent to the other side. So, only authorized traffic can access our system. All other requests are refused before they can ever reach our systems. And those systems are also protected using industry-standard security methods.

Second, we diligently monitor our systems to detect any attempted intrusions and to ensure that all of the protections in place are functioning correctly.

Third, we employ multiple layers of security. Should one layer be infiltrated, several more must be broken before the system is compromised.

Finally, we work to remain up-to-date about security system advances and potential risks. Our staff communicates with other Internet Service Providers and security experts to get new information as soon as it becomes available. We will continue to do what we believe is necessary to protect both you and CAPE.COM.

Data Transmissions

All communication between your computer and CAPE.COM during an On-Line Accounting session is scrambled with the highest level of encryption available for today's popular browsers. Encryption is the process of translating meaningful communication into undecipherable code and then back into meaningful communication.

To ensure a high level of security when accessing On-Line Accounting, CAPE.COM uses 128-bit SSL encryption. It ensures that communication between you and CAPE.COM cannot be translated by anyone without the correct "keys." This level of security is available for both Netscape Navigator® and Microsoft Internet Explorer® browsers free of charge.

Technically, using 128-bit encryption means that each time you log in to On-Line Accounting, your computer is assigned a "key" made up of a string of 128 zeros and ones. All messages from your computer to our systems are then coded based on this "key," but they can only be decoded using CAPE.COM's equivalent 128-digit "key." It’s important to note that each time you log in, a different "key" is assigned, so that anyone attempting to break through the encryption algorithm would have to start over from scratch every time you use On-Line Accounting.

To put that into perspective, a 128-bit key has 2¹²⁸ possible combinations. Spelled out, that’s 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different possibilities.

Your Computer

For most people, computer access is controlled because the computer is safely in their office or home. However, you can increase your security by creating Password-protected files or by using a computer security product like PGP. This is especially important if you travel frequently with a laptop computer or have information where others can easily get to it.