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Internet: best practice

Adopt suitable attitudes to browse the Internet safely and securely

Do not disclose your identifiers and passwords

  • Do not tell anyone your identifiers, passwords, digits on your personal key card, PIN codes or bank data.
  • Your RIB/IBAN enables your bank details to be disclosed both for payments and standing orders. Limit its distribution only to people or organisations you trust.
  • Be careful also of people looking at what you are doing: when you enter a password or your identifiers, particularly on a smartphone, make sure no-one is looking over your shoulder.
  • When you enter your password on the becm.fr site, your browser sometimes offers to save it. For security reasons, always refuse to have your password saved.
  • Change your password regularly and choose a different one for each site. Avoid passwords which are too simple and obvious.

Be wary of unsolicited e-mails or SMSs

  • Be careful who you give your e-mail address and telephone number to. Only give them to individuals or organisations you trust.
  • Do not open e-mails and SMSs from an unknown source. The same goes for any attachments. They may contain malicious software.
  • Never enter your identifiers or passwords after clicking on a link in an e-mail whose origin you are not sure of. This type of request is frequently used by scammers to try to steal from you.

Logging on and off on cic.fr

When you connect to your Customer Space with your identifiers, you open a temporary logon session. If you forget to logoff, the session will close automatically after 10 minutes of inactivity.

The date and time of your last logon appear on the homepage of your Customer Space.

Check the authenticity of your cic.fr site

Thoroughly check the address displayed by your browser and the security information for the site

Our secure site guarantees a secure connection and encryption of your confidential data. You can check this security by the presence of « https: » before the address and the padlock icon. Double clicking the icon displays data relating to the security certificate for the site.

Example of display on Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers
The address bar on Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer when the browser displays the site <abbr>cic.fr</abbr>

Once you are sure you are on the authentic site for your bank, bookmark it so you can return to it without risk.

Make your devices secure for the Internet

Protect your device

Install the latest updates for your software. They generally incorporate the latest security patches

For greater security, equip your device with:

  • antivirus software regularly and automatically updated to protect it against virus, worm or Trojan horse infections which are very widespread throughout the Internet.
    Here is a non-exhaustive list of the most standard antivirus software: Avast, BitDefender, Kaspersky, Sophos, Panda, Norton Symantec, McAfee.
  • a firewall. This software prevents unauthorised access to your computer and the data it contains.

For additional information on computer viruses and ways of protecting yourself from them, go to: http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/particulier/bonnes-pratiques/

Adopt good habits on your smartphone and tablet

Protect the confidential data contained on your smartphone.

  • Protect your mobile with a password.
  • Install an anti-theft application. These applications allow you to locate your smartphone, lock it or erase all the data remotely if it is stolen.
  • Always download your applications from reliable sources.

Protect your sensitive operations with CIC protection solutions

CIC offers various solutions for ensuring you can carry out your operations securely.

Confidence Bar

This browser extension is designed to combat the risk of pirating on the Internet. It tells you if you are on a site belonging to the Crédit Mutuel-CIC group. Download the Crédit Mutuel-CIC confidence bar and the manual for Chrome [PDF – 609 kb], manual for Firefox [PDF – 546 kb] et manual for Internet Explorer [PDF – 608 kb].

Personal Key Card

To protect your sensitive operations, BECM may ask you for the digit corresponding to one only of the 64 boxes of your Personal Key Card. We will not under any circumstances ask you to enter more than one or all the boxes.

Authenticate yourself to order or activate your Personal Key Card

Confirmation Mobile

Confirmation Mobile allows you to validate your banking operations with the CIC application on smartphone.

To find out more and register my smartphone

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