How to confirm you’re in the secure section of Banco Popular Dominicano's transactional page?

Whenever you log in to the system with your username and password, the firewall simultaneously verifies the connection and redirects your web browser to a secure socket layer session. There are two ways to confirm that you’re in a secure section:

First, you see the lock icon on the bottom right bar of your monitor and second, on the address bar under standard commands and tools, the website begins with https://www/ instead of http://www/. Both elements represent the digital security certificate VeriSign issues after confirming Banco Popular Dominicano’s identity at the beginning of a session.

After the simultaneous recognition between your web browser and the bank’s system, the warranty for privacy and reliability of transactions is established, and is reinforced through the surveillance displayed by the monitoring center and the NIDS softwares.

What to do when logging in from a public computer?

You will need to turn off the setting that stores your personal data and follow the steps described below:

(Only for Internet Explorer browsers) Select Tools on the main commands’ bar, slide down and click on Internet Options. In the new window, select the Content tab and click on the AutoComplete button. The monitor will then display a second window in which you’ll uncheck the boxes Forms and User names and passwords on forms.

What is a Hacker?

Hacker is a slang term for a computer enthusiast, i. e., a person who enjoys learning programming languages and computer systems and can often be considered an expert on the subject(s). Among professional programmers, depending on how it’s used, the term can be either complimentary or derogatory, although it is developing an increasingly derogatory connotation. The pejorative sense of hacker is becoming more prominent largely because the popular press has coopted the term to refer to individuals who gain unauthorized access to computer systems for the purpose of stealing and corrupting data. Hackers, themselves, maintain that the proper term for such individuals is cracker.