Ironkey Personal S250 manual

P A GE 1 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE IR ONKEY P ersonal User Guide Models S200, S100 D200[...]

P A GE 1 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE Thank y ou for y our inter est in Ir onK e y . Ir onK ey is committed to cr eating and dev eloping the best security technologies and making them simple-to-use , affor dable , and a vailable to e ver y one . Y ears of r esear ch and millions of dollars of de velopment ha v e gone into bringing this technolog y to y ou i[...]

P A GE 2 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE CONTENTS What is it? ................................................ 3 Meet the Ir onK ey ....................................................... 3 Core F eatur es .......................................................... 3 Device Diagrams ....................................................... 5 T echnical and Securi[...]

P A GE 3 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE What is it? Meet the Ir onK ey The Ir onK ey P ersonal Secure Flash Driv e, designed to be the w orld’ s most secur e USB ash drive, protects y our data, passw ords, and Internet privacy with some of toda y’ s most advanced security technologies. Even if your Ir onK e y is lost or stolen, your data r emains prote[...]

P A GE 4 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE P ortable Cr oss-Platform Data Access The Ir onK ey Unlock er allows y ou to access your encrypted les on Windows 2000, XP , Vista, Mac OS X and n umerous distributions of Lin ux. Simple De vice Manag ement Y our IronK e y includes the IronK e y Control Panel, a central launchpad for launching your a pplications, edi[...]

P A GE 5 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE De vice Diagrams The Ir onK ey has been designed fr om the ground up with security in mind. A combination of advanced security technologies ar e used to ensure maximum pr otection of y our data. Additionally , the IronK ey has been designed to be ph ysically secur e, to pr ev ent hardwar e-le vel attacks and tampering, [...]

P A GE 6 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE T echnical and Security Notes W e are endea v oring to be very open about the security architectur e and technology that we use in designing and building the Ir onK ey devices and online ser vices. There is no hocus-pocus or handwa ving here. W e use established cr yptographic alg orithms, we de velop thr eat models, an[...]

P A GE 7 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE Identity Manag er Pr otection The Ir onK ey Identity Manager and my .ironk ey.com w ork together , giving you the ability to back up y our online passw ords to y our Online Security V ault at my .ir onk ey .com . First, you m ust unlock your Ir onK ey de vice, which requir es tw o-factor authentication. Y our passwor ds[...]

P A GE 8 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE Secure Sessions: Making T or F aster and More Secur e Ir onK ey maintains a secur e , private T or network with its o wn, high- performance servers (separate fr om the public T or network). This impr ov es the overall security in at least tw o wa ys: Since Ir onK ey contr ols the “exit-node” in your encrypted T or c[...]

P A GE 9 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE Ho w does it work? Pr oduct W alkthr ough Y our IronK e y Personal Secur e Flash Driv e consists of the following components: » Ir onK ey Unlock er (Windows, Mac and Linux) » Ir onK ey Contr ol P anel (Windows and Mac) » Ir onK ey Virtual K e yboard (Windo ws only) » Mozilla Firef o x and IronK e y’ s Secur e Sess[...]

P A GE 10 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 3 Create a de vice passw ord and a nickname for y our Ir onK ey . Because y ou can ha ve multiple Ir onK eys associated with one Ir onK ey account, the nickname helps you distinguish between diff erent Ir onK ey de vices. Y our passw ord is case-sensitiv e and must be at least 4 characters in length. The threat of brut[...]

P A GE 11 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING THE IRONKEY UNLOCKER ON WINDO WS The Ir onK ey Unlock er allows y ou to securel y access your les on m ultiple operating systems. It pr ompts you f or your pass wor d, securely validates it, and then mounts your secur e volume where all of y our les ar e stored on the Ir onK ey . Here is ho w to unlock your[...]

P A GE 12 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE INITIALIZING AND A CTIV A TING Y OUR IR ONKEY ON A MA C If you pr efer to use a Mac, you can choose to initialize y our Ir onK ey on a Mac OS X computer : Step Description 1 Plug the Ir onK ey into y our computer’ s USB port. Y our IronK e y will run on Mac OS X (10.4+, Intel) computers. It can also be set up and use[...]

P A GE 13 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 6 Activate your m y .ironk ey .com account. my .ir onk ey.com is a secur e site where y ou can manage your Ir onK e y account and devices. Accessing my .ir onk ey.com r equires tw o-factor authentication (y our Ir onK ey and y our passwor d). 7 Follo w the onscreen dir ections to setup your m y .ironk ey .com account. [...]

P A GE 14 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE INITIALIZING Y OUR IRONKEY ON LINUX If you pr efer to use a Lin ux computer , you can choose to initialize y our Ir onK ey on Linux: Step Description 1 Plug it into y our computer’ s USB port. Y our IronK e y can be initialized on Linux 2.6+ (x86 systems only). It can also be setup and used on Windows and a Mac. T o [...]

P A GE 15 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE NO TE: ironkey only unlocks the secur e volume; it must then be mounted. Many modern Linux distributions will do this automatically; if not, run the mount program fr om the command line, using the de vice name printed by ironkey . T o change the passw ord of the Ir onK ey named “devicename, ” enter : ironkey --chan[...]

P A GE 16 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE Step Description 1 Creating, editing, deleting secure les When you click “Secure Files” in the Ir onK ey Contr ol Panel, the default br owser on y our computer opens directl y to your secur e v olume . All les on your Ir onK e y are str ongly encrypted with militar y-grade AES encr yption. Encr ypting les [...]

P A GE 17 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 2 Updating device rmwar e/softwar e The Ir onK ey can secur ely update its softwar e and rmware thr ough signed updates that ar e v eried in hardwar e. This allows users to k eep their de vices up- to-date and pr otect themselves fr om futur e malwar e and online thr eats. T o check for a vailable updates, cli[...]

P A GE 18 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 5 Creating a Lost and F ound Message This featur e allows y ou to create a message that will appear on the Ir onK ey Unlock er window . In the ev ent that you lose y our Ir onK ey , someone can return it to you if y ou pr ovide y our contact information. 6 Changing y our device passw ord Y ou can change your de vice pa[...]

P A GE 19 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING THE IRONKEY VIR TU AL KEYBO ARD (WINDO WS ONL Y) If you ar e using y our IronK e y on an unfamiliar computer and are concerned about k eylogging and scr eenlogging sp yware, use the IronK e y Vir tual K eyboar d, which helps protects y our passw ords b y letting you click out letters and numbers. The underlying t[...]

P A GE 20 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING THE ONBO ARD FIREFO X AND SECURE SESSIONS SER VICE (WINDO WS) Since your Ir onK e y comes with a Firefo x web br o wser already onboar d, none of your cookies, histor y les, bookmarks, add-ons or online passw ords ar e stor ed on the local computer . Now you can car r y your personalized w eb experience with y[...]

P A GE 21 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING THE IRONKEY IDENTITY MANA GER (WINDO WS ONL Y) The Ir onK ey Identity Manager secur ely stor es and uses many of y our most important identity credentials, including login information and one-time pass wor ds to applications and online accounts. With a click of a button, it automatically launches a specied app[...]

P A GE 22 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 2 Automatically logging into an account The next time you r eturn to a w ebsite or application for which y ou ha ve stor ed a passw ord, your login automatically lls in for y ou. If you ha v e the auto-login option enabled for that account, the Identity Manager also submits the login. Y ou can also automatically log[...]

P A GE 23 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING THE SECURE BA CKUP SOFTW ARE (WINDO WS ONL Y) If your Ir onK e y is lost or stolen, you ha v e peace of mind knowing that your condential information cannot be seen by an yone but y ou. And getting y our data back is simple with Ir onK ey’ s Secure Backup softwar e , which, if enabled, securel y restor es y [...]

P A GE 24 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE IMPOR TING A DIGIT AL CER TIFICA TE INT O THE IRONKEY (WINDO WS ONL Y) The Ir onK ey Cr yptochip includes a limited amount of extr emely secure har dwar e storage space , which can be used for storing the private k e y associated with a digital cer ticate. This pr ovides you with ad ditional str ong authentication c[...]

P A GE 25 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 4 Note that Ir onK ey’ s certicate is a vailable her e . Now y ou can add y our own. Click the “Impor t” button. 5 Br owse to the PKCS#12- format certicate le and open it. Y ou will be prompted f or the location of the PKCS#12- format certicate le (le extension will be .p12 in UNIX/ Linux, .pfx [...]

P A GE 26 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING MY .IRONKEY .COM (WINDO WS AND MA C) Y our IronK e y suppor ts advanced cr yptographic authentication using str ong PKI k ey pairs generated in the Ir onK ey Cr yptochip . When you log into m y .ir onke y .com fr om y our device, it uses these unique k eys as y our digital identity cr edentials. This locks down y[...]

P A GE 27 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE 4 Monitoring account activities The Account Dashboard sho ws you the r ecent activities on your account, such as logins, failed passw ord attempts, and when your de vice passw ord has been r ecov ered. 5 Enabling Account Aler ts for r eal-time account monitoring Y ou can enable a number of Account Aler ts for additiona[...]

P A GE 28 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE USING Y OUR IRONKEY IN READ-ONL Y MODE (WINDO WS, MA C , LINUX) Y ou can unlock your Ir onK ey in a r ead-only state such that les on y our Ir onK ey cannot be edited. An example of when this is useful is when you want to access a le on y our Ir onK ey while using an untrusted or unknown computer . If you unlock [...]

P A GE 29 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE * Adver tised capacity is appro ximate and not all of it will be available for storag e . Some space is requir ed for onboard softw are. Pr oduct Specications For details about y our device, see “About Ir onK ey” in Ir onK ey Contr ol Panel Settings. CAP A CITY* Up to 32GB, depending on the model DIMENSIONS 75mm[...]

P A GE 30 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE What’ s next? In many wa ys, that’ s up to y ou. W e ar e focused on building not only the world’ s most secure ash driv e, but also enabling technologies that are simple and enjo yable to use. Y our feedback r eally matters to us, and we car efully r evie w all featur e requests and customer f eedback for pri[...]

P A GE 31 IR ONKEY USER GUIDE Contact Information Pr oduct F eedback F eature Requests feedback@ironk ey .com featur erequest@ir onk ey .com Ir onK ey Online IronK e y Suppor t https://my .ir onk ey.com https://suppor t.ir onk ey .com https://learn.ironk ey .com suppor t@ironk ey.com https://suppor t.ironk ey .com 5150 El Camino Real, Suite C31 htt[...]