Technical Specifications and Systems Security & Related Business Process Requirements. The Requesting Party shall secure, at its own expense, the necessary hardware, software, etc. to establish connection to the ETE. The Requesting Party must have, and shall provide at its own expense, Internet access in order to access the ETE. The Requesting Party shall provide SSA with a valid e-mail address for its representative so that SSA may communicate with the Requesting Party via email. All Requesting Party site preparation, connection, and operating costs, as well as any other miscellaneous costs incurred by the Requesting Party to enable its participation in the ETE, are the responsibility of the Requesting Party. SSA shall give access to ETE documentation to the Requesting Party, which SSA may amend from time to time at its discretion without amendment to this User Agreement. The requirements for submitting files, checking status, and retrieving results are set forth in the User Guide.
Technical Specifications and Systems Security & Related Business Process Requirements. The Requester will not have direct access to SSA’s databases. The requests for Record Information sent to SSA must be encrypted. The Requester must use either the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or triple DES (DES3) encryption methods to secure the data in transport to SSA. SSA will use the same method of encryption when returning data. Transmission of data should be accomplished using TLS protocol (TLS 1.0) as specified in NIST Special Publication 800-52. xxxx://xxxx.xxxx.xxx/publications/nistbul/July-2005.pdf. The Requesting Party shall secure, at its own expense, the necessary hardware, software, etc. to establish connection to CBSV either through the BSO website or through use of the web service. The Requesting Party must have, and shall provide at its own expense, Internet access in order to access the CBSV portion of the BSO web site. The Requesting Party shall provide SSA with a valid e-mail address so that SSA may communicate with the Requesting Party via electronic mail. All Requesting Party site preparation, connection, and operating costs, as well as any other miscellaneous costs incurred by the Requesting Party to enable its participation in CBSV, are the responsibility of the Requesting Party. SSA shall provide the Requesting Party with a copy of SSA's User's Guide, which SSA may amend from time to time at its discretion without amendment to this User Agreement. The requirements for submitting files, checking status, and retrieving results are set forth in the User’s Guide.
