PECU installed another component called a firewall to safeguard the credit union and it's members. The firewall is the most critical element in the electronic security package. The firewall offers protection to PECU's network and electronic traffic conducted over the Internet and permitting or denying the request or access based on PECU policy.
All traffic coming into PECU from the Internet must pass through the firewall before it can reach PECU e-Branch web server. The firewall prevents any Internet user coming into PECU e-Branch web server from getting beyond the web server into PECU internal network, protecting members' accounts from unauthorized intrusions. Outside users with intent to "hack" or illegally access PECU's internal network will be denied because the firewall, acting as buffer to verify the source and destination, recognizes the computers as being unauthorized.
