Secure database encryption of sensitive fields

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Secure database encryption of sensitive fields

Sage 100 Contractor encrypts the following sensitive fields by default:

Credit Card # on Payment Information tab in 3-6 Receivable Clients
Federal ID # in 4-4 Vendors (Accounts Payable)
Social Security # on General Information tab in 5-2-1 Employees
Account # on Direct Deposit tab in 5-2-1 Employees
Federal Tax ID # in 7-2 Company Information
State Tax ID # in 7-2 Company Information
Card/Chk # on Invoice Details tab in 11-2 Work Orders/Invoices/Credits

You can turn off encryption of sensitive fields on menu 7-4 Rebuild Indexes in the Options menu by selecting Database Security Encryption and clicking [Off]. If you turn off encryption, further updates of Sage 100 Contractor will not turn encryption back on unless you manually change the setting.

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