NCTSOnline Security Policy

To many people the word “Internet” evokes images of the Wild West with information rather than gold being robbed by hackers in place of bandits. It is certainly true that using the Internet carries with it some risks, but the fact is these are really more the risks of a busy marketplace rather than those of a stagecoach crossing the lawless plains. With a few precautions you can go about your business on the Internet with the same security you enjoy while shopping at a farmer’s market.

With NCCSOnline North Carolina Title Services has already put in place numerous security measures designed to make your online transactions private and the data you enter and upload secure. Here are some of the key components of the security systems that protects you from modern day information highwaymen:
  • NCTSOnline is built on Microsoft’s latest, most secure technology

    • The media seems to take particular delight in publicizing every security problem Microsoft’s software exhibits. The simple fact is that not only has Windows security improved immensely in recent years, but high-profile vulnerabilities in open source operating systems such as Linux have shown that no software system is perfectly immune to malicious exploits. The fact is that Microsoft stands firmly behind all the technologies used in NCTSOnline and is constantly seeking to improve them.

    • NCTSOnline relies on the latest versions of Microsoft’s Windows Server software, Server 2003, as well as other Microsoft flagship products to store data and provide rich functionality. Combined with assiduously applied software updates this makes NCTSOnline an extremely secure and robust Internet application.

  • NCTSOnline uses 128 bit SSL encryption

    • In addition to relying on Microsoft’s most secure operating system to date, NCTSOnline uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to protect the information that flows between your web browser and the web application. By strongly encrypting the packets of data that carry such sensitive information as your password or the details of a title insurance application, SSL makes this information unintelligible to the potentially prying eyes of hackers.

    • NCTSOnline uses 128 bit encryption, the strongest encryption supported by the latest Internet browsers.

  • Password protection

    • Your account credentials, and most notably your password, are the keys that enable only you to access your account. By providing non-obvious starter passwords NCTS ensures that your account is secure from the start.

    • When you request a forgotten password or ask that your password be changed, NCTS personnel confirm your identity and help you select a password that keeps your account safe from intruders.

  • Human review of all submissions

    • Unlike systems that rely upon automated logic to underwrite your preliminary, NCTS leverages the expertise, wisdom, and familiarity with NCTS clients that only a human can possess. All applications submitted via NCTSOnline get the same personal touch as traditionally submitted preliminary requests.

    • Additionally, the attorney referenced on every application receives a periodic summary notification listing all activity taken on their behalf. Upon review, anything unexpected or in error can be corrected or retracted with a phone call to NCTS.