COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

CRUCIAL LINK BETWEEN RETAIL SITES AND THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM

Scientific Games' communications network design team has years of experience evaluating local conditions, designing systems which balance appropriate technical solutions, bandwidth requirements, and cost considerations. For the retailer, the result is quicker, more reliable sales transactions and reports. For the lottery, the result is the most secure, reliable, and economical communications solution available.

Scientific Games' communications network systems are protected by security features such as:

1. DES NCSC level C2 compliant encryption
   
2. State-of-the-art routers with firewall feature sets
   
3. A hierarchical password scheme
   
4. Retailer terminal security
   
5. Intelligent Virtual private networks
   
6. Restrictive dial-up equipment

The company's communications network monitoring suite enables remote diagnosis and proactive network management down to the retailer terminal level – cutting response times and minimizing downtime. The result: better service for the retailer and customer, and improved performance and reliability for the lottery.

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