Combining deep software expertise with trusted technology partners and security specialists, Pangea Foundation protects nonprofits from today’s greatest software security risks.
Automatically get 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer Encryption (SSL).
The safe and reliable exchange of data is more crucial than ever in today’s Internet environment. Authenticating user identify is not only a best practice, it’s a privacy and security imperative necessary to comply with numerous regulations, including Federal HIPAA guidelines.
Encryption forms the basis of data integrity and privacy necessary for Web commerce. Secure Sockets Layer Encryption, or SSL, is an advanced encryption technology that protects Pangea Foundation’s SaaS (Software as a Service) applications. Without encryption, the integrity of information transmitted through public and private networks can be compromised.
SSL uses public key encryption methods to verify the authenticity of a server or client and encrypt communications between them. SSL encryption protects network access, online communications, and digital communications by creating a secure channel between Pangea Foundation’s infrastructure and Pangea Foundation’s users.
Pangea Foundation offers strong encryption options to secure your data and communications, including the 128-bit VeriSign® SSL Certificate. Trusted by more than 500,000 businesses, VeriSign is the SSL Certificate provider of choice for more than 93% of the Fortune 500 and the top 10 banks in the United States. A more affordable and considerably faster version of SSL Certificate to implement is the SSL 123, capable of 128-bit encryption for securing your data transactions. Although its issuing process isn’t as thorough as VeriSign’s, it’s considered an effective option for encrypting data transmitted from sensitive applications to users online.
Automatically get SGC (Server-Gated Cryptography) enabled SSL certificates.
Even though an SSL is capable of 128-bit encryption, millions of people still use older computer systems that are incapable of strong encryption. Legacy browsers and operating systems will often fail to step up to strong encryption without a Server-Gated Cryptography enabled SSL certificate. Examples include:
- Various Internet Explorer browser versions from 4.01 to 5.01
- Various Netscape browser versions from 4.07 to 4.72
- Various Windows 2000 systems that use Internet Explorer
With Pangea Foundation, nonprofits can have confidence knowing that their Software as a Service applications are automatically protected by Server-Gated Cryptography enabled SSL certificates.
Server-Gated Cryptography: the most powerful SSL encryption commercially available.
When an SSL handshake takes place between a server and a client, a certain level of encryption is determined by the SSL Certificate, the Web browser, and the client operating system. Strong encryption, at 128 bits, calculates 288 times as many combinations as 40-bit encryption. That means it’s over a trillion times a trillion times stronger.
Authentication.
Users of Pangea Foundation’s secure Software-as-a-Service solutions may only access these applications with a valid username and password. Pangea Foundation software solutions are encrypted through 128-bit SSL certification while in transmission. Users must use passwords that meet Pangea Foundation’s defined security standards. An encrypted session ID is used to uniquely identify each user, and this session ID is automatically scrambled at periodic intervals.
An information security “timeout” protects important information.
In order to comply with security regulations, protect the privacy of sensitive information, and protect you from liability, Pangea Foundation’s Software-as-a-Service applications employ automatic session termination if users do not interact with them for more than 20 minutes. If no interaction with the software has occurred for more than 20 minutes, subsequent login is required. The timeout is a security feature designed to prevent someone other than the logged-in user from accessing information. It’s especially important in environments where users are frequently called away from their computers.
Get an application-level firewall for unparalleled information security.
According to Gartner, “75% of hacks occur at the application level.” It’s one reason Pangea Foundation offers nonprofits an unparalleled level of protection at the application level. In addition to the robust firewall that protects your hosted environment, you’ll have the option of incorporating a highly advanced layer of security into your nonprofit software: a one-of-a-kind application-level firewall.
Developed by Fortify® Software, this unique “internal firewall” monitors and protects your custom software application from the inside-out. So rather than focusing on eliminating intrusions solely with perimeter solutions and firewalls, this breakthrough approach tackles security threats directly at the root cause—the software application.
It’s the first and only application-level intrusion prevention solution for Web applications already in deployment and it was designed to protect you from even the most sophisticated intrusions. The result: unparalleled information security and the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your software application is fortified by the same security solution used by top organizations like these:
- The top five commercial banks and seven of the world’s eight largest banks
- Five of the top seven computer software companies
- Three of the top five aerospace and defense industry leaders
- The United States Air Force
- The United States Navy
- The United States Army
- Three of the top five telecommunications companies
- Three of the top six securities industry firms
- Two of the world’s most visited Internet companies
- Two of the top three insurance companies
- The #1 enterprise software company
- The #1 wireless voice and data carrier in the U.S.
- The #1 computer peripherals company
- The world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry
- 17 of the Fortune 100
- Over 30 of the Fortune Global 500
Now, can you imagine trying to stomach the alternative?
