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Testing Your Private Key {#restgs_security_test}
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After creating your key certificate, you must verify that it can successfully process API requests. This task explains how to test and validate your private key in the Developer Center and the `Business Center`.  
Follow these steps:

1. Go to the Developer Center's API Reference page:  
   [https://developer.cybersource.com/api-reference-assets/index.html#payments_payments_static-home-section](https://developer.cybersource.com/api-reference-assets/index.md#payments_payments_static-home-section "") {#restgs_security_test_step-1}
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2. On the left navigation panel, click **[API Endpoints \& Authentication](https://developer.cybersource.com/api-reference-assets/index.md#static-api-endpoints-section "")**.{#restgs_security_test_step-2}
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3. Under Authentication and Sandbox Credentials, go to the Authentication Type drop-down menu and choose **JSON Web Token**.{#restgs_security_test_step-3}
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4. Enter your organization ID in the **Organization** field.{#restgs_security_test_step-4}
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5. Enter your Password in the **Password** field.
6. Click **Browse** and upload your p12 certificate from your desktop.{#restgs_security_test_step-5}
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7. Click **Update Credentials**.  
   A confirmation message states that your credentials are successfully updated.  
   ![](/content/dam/documentation/cybs/en-us/topics/platform/rest/getting-started/images/restgs-cert-test.png/jcr:content/renditions/original) {#restgs_security_test_step-6}
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8. Go to the Developer Center's API Reference and navigate to **Payments \> `POST` Process a Payment**.{#restgs_security_test_step-7}
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9. Click **Send**.  
   ![](/content/dam/documentation/cybs/en-us/topics/platform/rest/getting-started/images/restgs-dev-center-ex.png/jcr:content/renditions/original)  
   A message confirms that your request was successful with the status code 201.  
   ![](/content/dam/documentation/cybs/en-us/topics/platform/rest/getting-started/images/rstgs-success-201.png/jcr:content/renditions/original) {#restgs_security_test_step-8}
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10. Log in to the `Business Center`:  
    [`https://businesscentertest.cybersource.com`](https://ebc2test.cybersource.com/ebc2/ "") {#restgs_security_test_step-9}
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11. On the left navigation panel, choose ![](/content/dam/documentation/cybs/en-us/common/images/ebc/ebc-icon-trxn-mgmt.svg/jcr:content/renditions/original) **Transaction Management \> Transactions**.{#restgs_security_test_step-10}
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12. Under Search Results, verify that the request ID from the test authorization response is listed in the Request ID column.  
    If the test authorization was successful, a success message is present in the corresponding Applications column.  
    ![](/content/dam/documentation/cybs/en-us/topics/platform/rest/getting-started/images/restgs-verify-key-pair.png/jcr:content/renditions/original) {#restgs_security_test_step-11}
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