The Virginia Department of Social Services uses SSL as the encryption protocol for all transactions involving personal information on this Web site. SSL protocol has become the universal standard on the Web for authenticating sites and for encrypting communications between users and Web servers.

Encrypted SSL Connection

All personal information between the user and the Web server is secured by encryption and therefore cannot be read by anyone else.

SSL Server Authentication

The user can to confirm a Web server's identity on a secured page (page encrypted with SSL connection) by clicking on either a padlock or key icon appearing at the bottom of the page.