CSMS Message: 07-000166

**IMPORTANT**
ATTENTION ALL ACE PORTAL USERS

FEDERAL REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT SENSITIVE DATA BE PROTECTED WHEN BEING
DISSEMINATED OVER THE INTERNET. TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY (TLS) IS THE
GOVERNMENT APPROVED SECURITY MECHANISM TO PROTECT SENSITIVE DATA DURING
INTERNET TRANSMISSION. CURRENTLY, ACE ALLOWS THE WIDELY USED SECURE
SOCKET LAYER (SSL) PROTOCOL IN ADDITION TO TLS. TO COMPLY WITH
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, ACE PORTAL USERS ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT CBP
WILL BE PHASING OUT SSL. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE USING THE
PORTAL, ACE USERS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A SIMPLE SETTINGS CHANGE TO THEIR
INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) WEB BROWSER SETTINGS. FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER
BOTH THE CURRENT SECURITY SETTING AND THE CHANGES WILL ALLOW ACCESS TO
THE ACE PORTAL. HOWEVER, STARTING SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 THE CHANGES WILL
BE REQUIRED TO BE IN PLACE ON YOUR
COMPUTERS TO ALLOW PROPER ACCESS TO THE ACE PORTAL.

HERE IS WHAT YOU MUST DO:
- MAKE CERTAIN YOUR INTERNET BROWSER IS INTERNET EXPLORER 6.0.2 OR
HIGHER. TO CHECK THE INSTALLED VERSION, OPEN THE BROWSER AND CLICK ON
HELP. THEN CLICK ON 'ABOUT INTERNET EXPLORER' WHICH IS YOUR LAST CHOICE
IN THE DROPDOWN. VERIFY THE VERSION NUMBER ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE
NEXT SCREEN YOU SEE (IE 6.0 OR GREATER). THEN, TO TURN ON TLS, WHILE
INTERNET EXPLORER IS OPEN, CLICK ON TOOLS AND SELECT INTERNET OPTIONS.
IN THE NEXT POP UP WINDOW, SELECT THE ADVANCED TAB AND SCROLL DOWN TO
THE VERY BOTTOM AND CHECK THE USE TLS 1.0 BOX. SAVE YOUR CHANGES. WHEN
YOU COMPLETE THIS YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UPGRADED YOUR SECURITY SETTING
TO TLS.