CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned CUSO, has obtained an authentication API certification from McAfee Foundstone Professional Services, a part of Intel Security. This third party certification provides the foundation for CU*Answers business strategy to provide API solutions to clients and vendors.

Details of this certification apply to authentication and authorization within the security framework, data protection in storage and transit, user and session management, error handling and exception management – all with logging and auditing features.

With this certification in hand, CU*Answers is looking forward to creating robust API offerings as it moves to the future of retailer direct marketing for products that meet both credit union member and third party vendor needs.