Security—Ensures customer information stays private through a proprietary
protocol and offers basic security through authentication and user proxies.
Supports a comprehensive cryptographic solution (IBM Sterling Connect:Direct®
Secure Plus) that provides strong mutual authentication using X.509 certificates,
SSL, and TLS data encryption, and data integrity checking. For more information
about Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus and other products that enhance
Sterling Connect:Direct's security model, see “About Extending the Capabilities
of Sterling Connect:Direct” on page 13.