Creating a Security Key

You must create a security key before you can activate a profile.

You cannot use the same security key for both test and live transactions. You must download a security key for both versions of Secure Acceptance: ■ For live transactions: https://ebc.cybersource.com ■ For test transactions: https://ebctest.cybersource.com

On the Profile Settings page, click Security. The Security Keys page appears. The security script signs the request fields using the secret key and the HMAC SHA256 algorithm. To verify data, the security script generates a signature to compare with the signature returned from the Secure Acceptance server. You must have an active security key to activate a profile. A security key expires in two years and protects each transaction from data tampering.

To create and activate a security key:

Step 1

Click Security. The Security page appears.

Step 2

Click Create New Key. The Create New Key page appears.

Step 3

Enter a key name (required).

Step 4

Choose signature version Version 1.

Step 5

Choose signature method HMAC-SHA256.

Step 6

Click Generate Key. The Create New Key window expands and displays the new access key and secret key. This window closes after 30 seconds.

Step 7

Copy and save the access key and secret key.

■	Access key: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication with Secure Acceptance Checkout API. You can have many access keys per profile. See Samples in Scripting Languages.

■	Secret key: signs the transaction data and is required for each transaction. Copy and paste this secret key into your security script. See Samples in Scripting Languages.

 

Remember to delete the copied keys from your clipboard or cached memory.

By default, the new security key is active. The other options for each security key are:

■	Deactivate: deactivates the security key. The security key is inactive.

■	Activate: activates an inactive security key.

■	View: displays the access key and security key.

 

When you create a security key, it is displayed in the security keys table. You can select a table row to display the access key and the secret key for that specific security key.

Step 8

Click Return to Profile home. The Configuring Profile Settings page appears.