Bank of Hawaii Protecting Confidential

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2 Bank of Hawaii Protecting Confidential is commonly used to transmit confidential information such as operational data, legal documents, or financial information. By default s are sent unencrypted and travel through a number of intermediate systems before reaching their final destination making it relatively easy for others to intercept and read. Confidential s need to be secured from the eyes of unauthorized users. This is accomplished through a process called encryption which secures the content from clear view and relies on an authentication process to retrieve the original . Bank of Hawaii s encryption service makes accessing encrypted simple and easy to use. The following guide will walk you through step by step procedures on accessing encrypted s that you receive from Bank of Hawaii. Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our encryption process to minimize any unexpected issues that you may encounter when accessing encrypted s from Bank of Hawaii. What's in this User Guide Accessing Encrypted s Stored Authentication Process Replying to Encrypted s Sending Encrypted s Supported Clients Encryption Support 2

3 Accessing Encrypted s First, you will receive an notification coming from the sender of the . Note: [ Confidential ] be will displayed at the end of the subject line. When the message is opened, Click here to login to Bank of Hawaii s secure service and retrieve your encrypted message within 3 days of receiving the encrypted message. For more detailed information click More Information. 3

4 Enter your encrypted password and press Continue. If you have forgotten you password: 1. click on Forgot Password 2. answer your personal password reset question 3. select your new password 4

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6 Stored Authentication Process Bank of Hawaii s encryption service uses a stored signature process that requires recipients of encrypted s to only have to authenticate once every 4 hours. This feature allows recipients of encrypted s to open up multiple encrypted s without having to repeat the authentication process for each encrypted message. Replying to Encrypted s Like a typical phone conversation, conversations go through a series of Reply messages before conversation about a given topic is complete. With encrypted s, it is important that any reply messages to the original encrypted message are also encrypted to maintain the integrity of the confidential . With Bank of Hawaii s encryption service, all replies to an encrypted message are automatically encrypted. Sending Encrypted to Bank of Hawaii If you wish to send an to a Bank of Hawaii staff member containing confidential information and would like to encrypt it, please contact your Bank of Hawaii representative and request for a blank encrypted . Once received, you can reply to the encrypted and send any attachments that you would like to send along with it and be assured that it is secured. Supported Clients Retrieving Bank of Hawaii s encrypted s has been certified to operate properly with clients that support any of the following most common HTML viewers: Internet Explorer Version 6 or 7, Firefox 2.x, or Safari. Encryption Support If you are having trouble retrieving encrypted s from Bank of Hawaii, please contact our Bank of Hawaii Channel E-Services Team at and press options 8, 6 to connect to an E-Services representative. For Guam customers, please contact us at and press options 8, 6. 6