diff --git a/Medidata.RWS.NET/Core/Requests/RWSConnection.cs b/Medidata.RWS.NET/Core/Requests/RWSConnection.cs
index 6486652..1660bfb 100644
--- a/Medidata.RWS.NET/Core/Requests/RWSConnection.cs
+++ b/Medidata.RWS.NET/Core/Requests/RWSConnection.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public RwsConnection(string domain, string virtual_dir = "RaveWebServices")
             this.domain = domain.ToLower().StartsWith("http") ? domain : string.Format("https://{0}.mdsol.com", domain);
             this.base_url = string.Format("{0}/{1}", this.domain, virtual_dir);
             this.request_time = TimeSpan.MinValue;
+            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol|SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;
         }
 
 
diff --git a/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Integration/SecurityProtocolTest_MedidataRAVE_06JAN18.cs b/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Integration/SecurityProtocolTest_MedidataRAVE_06JAN18.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3224b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Integration/SecurityProtocolTest_MedidataRAVE_06JAN18.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using Medidata.RWS.Core.Exceptions;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using Medidata.RWS.Core.Requests;
+using Medidata.RWS.Core.Responses;
+
+namespace Medidata.RWS.Tests.Integration
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class SecurityProtocolTest_MedidataRAVE_06JAN18
+    {
+        readonly string MEDIDATA_RAVE_TLS_TEST_SITE = "secops-rave-test";
+        protected RwsConnection rws;
+        protected SecurityProtocolType defaultSecurityProtocolType;
+        [TestInitialize]
+        public void InitRwsConn()
+        {
+            defaultSecurityProtocolType = ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol;
+            rws = new RwsConnection(MEDIDATA_RAVE_TLS_TEST_SITE);
+        }
+
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(RWSException))]
+        public void SSL_BasicRWSRequest_ShouldExceptionWithStatusCode0()
+        {
+            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3;
+            var response = rws.SendRequest(new VersionRequest()) as RWSTextResponse;
+            Assert.Fail();
+        }
+        [TestMethod]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(RWSException))]
+        public void TLS10_BasicRWSRequest_ShouldExceptionWithStatusCode0()
+        {
+            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls;
+            var response = rws.SendRequest(new VersionRequest()) as RWSTextResponse;
+            Assert.Fail();
+        }
+        [TestMethod]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(RWSException))]
+        public void TLS11_BasicRWSRequest_ShouldExceptionWithStatusCode0()
+        {
+            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls11;
+            var response = rws.SendRequest(new VersionRequest()) as RWSTextResponse;
+            Assert.Fail();
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(RWSException))]
+        public void DotNetDefault_BasicRWSRequest_ShouldExceptionWithStatusCode0()
+        {
+            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = defaultSecurityProtocolType;
+            var response = rws.SendRequest(new VersionRequest()) as RWSTextResponse;
+            Assert.Fail();
+        }
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TLS12_BasicRWSRequest_ShouldReturnTextResponse()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var response = rws.SendRequest(new VersionRequest()) as RWSTextResponse;
+                var expected = "1.16.0";
+                var actual = response.ResponseText;
+                Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
+            }
+            catch (RWSException rwse)
+            {
+                Assert.Fail(rwse.Message);
+            }
+            
+            
+        }
+
+     
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Medidata.RWS.Tests.csproj b/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Medidata.RWS.Tests.csproj
index 56c3058..9fbe148 100644
--- a/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Medidata.RWS.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Medidata.RWS.Tests/Medidata.RWS.Tests.csproj
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Extras\AuditEvent\AuditEventParserTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Extras\AuditEvent\ODMAdapterTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\Helpers.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Integration\SecurityProtocolTest_MedidataRAVE_06JAN18.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ODMTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RWSHelpersTests.cs" />