This article appeared in the September 2002 issue of Exportise newsletter.

As more and more jewelers begin to utilize the Internet for business purposes, the issue of data transmission security becomes critical.

Sure it is easier and faster to apply for a carnet online but how can an applicant be sure that proprietary information is not susceptible to hacking, theft or public viewing?

For jewelers this is critical since a carnet application not only lists the valuable items that will be traveling but the dates of travel and destinations. Some might call this a “thief’s blueprint.” Knowing this, and having issued carnets for jewelers for 15 years, Corporation for International Business (CIB) believes that the security of the online application is as important as any other aspect of customer service and it boasts the most secure carnet application transmission of any carnet Service Provider.

CIB IT professionals have designed and developed the CIB online application with secure transmission as a top priority. They have made sure that all the data from over 15,000 carnet applications has arrived at CIB without a single breach of security.ryption—A procedure in which plain data (e.g. a password, an e-mail message) is converted into a series of nonsensical characters using a mathematical formula. If the encryption process is secure, the data should then only be able to retrieved from its converted format by someone who has a key or passphrase to decrypt the information. Encryption is possible at different strengths, where the strength refers to the quality of the mathematical algorithm and the likelihood of its being "cracked".