What is TLS?

The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance standards now requires sites to be encrypted with Transport Layer Security (TLS) which is the successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. 

How do I enable TLS?

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and later

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click 'Tools' then 'Internet Options' to open the following window. 
  3. Click on the 'Advanced' tab, and scroll to the bottom
  4. Check the 'Use TLS 1.2' box
  5. Click 'OK'

Mozilla Firefox

TLS is enabled by default in Firefox.

 

 

Google Chrome

TLS is enabled by default in Chrome.

 

 

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