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McAfee ® Encrypted USB Devices User Guide McAfee Encrypted USB—Standalone 7.0[...]

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3 Contents Introducing McAfee Encryp ted USB Devices ........................................ 4 About McAfee Encrypted USB Devices ............................. ........................... 4 Security ............................. ....................................................... .................. 5 System requirements .......................[...]

4 Introducing McAfee Encrypted USB Devices McAfee Encrypted USB Devices are USB (Unive rsal Serial Bus) portable drives that provide different types of security and data encryption. Y ou can personalize and manage a device using McAfee Encrypted USB—Standalone software (referred to as Encrypted USB throughout the rest of the document). Encrypted [...]

5 Introducing McAfee Encrypted US B Devices Security McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide Note: Read-only disk partitions on the following devices can be configured as a regular drive or as a CD-ROM: McAfee Zero F ootprint Biometric Encrypted USB, McAfee Encrypted USB Hard Disk, and McAfee Z ero Footprint Non-Biometric Encrypted USB. For more in[...]

6 Getting started Y ou must personalize a new or recycled McAfee Encrypted USB Device the first time you use it. For information about recy cling a device, see “Recy cling a device” on page 15. For McAfee Standard Encrypted USB devices, you must install McAfee Encrypted USB— Standalone before you can personalize the device. If you are using a[...]

7 Getting started Starting Encrypted USB McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide Custom The Custom option lets you choose the authen tication method to use with the device and customize device policies. The policies th at are available depend on the type of device you have, for example, biometric or non-biometric. When a device has multiple users, [...]

Getting started Installing McAfee Encrypted US B—Standalone 8 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide To start Encrypted USB  From the notificatio n area at the far right of th e taskbar , click the McAfee icon, and then click the appropriate op tion from the menu. If you are using McAfee Standard Encrypted USB, from the Start menu, click All [...]

9 Accessing the device Y ou can lock the device to ensure that only authenticated users can access it while you are away from the computer . Y ou can also disconnect the device completely to bring the data with you. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) indicate the current state of the device. Once authenticated, you can save files to, and open files from,[...]

Accessing the device Understanding LE D states 10 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide 3 When you see the following prompt, you can safely disconnect the device from the USB port. Caution Disconnecting the device either accidentally or on purpose, without using the safely remove hardw are operation, could cor rupt the data on the device. Underst[...]

11 Accessing the device Saving and opening fi les McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide Saving and opening files Y ou can save files to a priv ate partition that only you can access. The device encrypts data saved to a priv ate partition using the FIPS-approved AES algorithm (does not apply to McAfee Standard Encrypted USB devices). Data is autom[...]

12 Managing users An Administrator can create and delete user s. Users can mana ge their authentication methods by enrolling or deleting fingers, chan ging their password, or both. Y ou can al so rescue users who can no longer authenticate to the device. This chapter contains information about the following topics:  Ty p e s o f u s e r s  Cr[...]

13 Managing users Deleting a user McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide 2 Complete the instructions on the Create User page to add the user and authenti- cation credentials. Deleting a user Only the administrator can remo ve a user from the device. Once you delete a user , the user’s data is permanently lost even if a key recovery system exists[...]

Managing users Rescuing a user 14 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide Rescuing a user R escuing a user resets the user’s authenticati on method by deleting finger enrollme nts, resetting a password, or both. Users can then enroll fingers and set a password as required. For more information, see “Manag ing authentication methods” on page 1[...]

15 Managing devices Recy cling a device removes all users and data from the device. Y ou can also view device information to verify user , device configur ation, partition, and version information. McAfee devices (except McAfee Standard Encryp ted USB) can be configured so that you can start other programs on yo ur device using the McAfee Encrypted[...]

Managing devices Starting programs using the Enc rypted USB menu 16 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide 2 On the Device Information page, click one of the following categories:  User— provides authentication and partition information for each user , such as the number of finger enrollments allowe d, password and two-factor status, and priv[...]

17 Troubleshooting If you hav e problems using y our McAfee Encrypted USB—Standalone, y ou may find a solution in one of the following scenarios. F or further technical assistance, contact http://www .mcafee.com/us /support/index.html . I cannot eject my device When you try to eject your device from the file manager , you may encounter the follow[...]

Troubleshooti ng Password or biometric access to my device i s blocked 18 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide Password or biometric access to my device is blocked Y ou will receive a warning message when y ou hav e only one remaining password or biometric attempt left before you reach the retry limit. When you ex ceed the retry limit, the devic[...]

19 Appendix: Device policy settings During the Custom personalization process, you can customize device policy settings. The policy settings that are av ailable vary according to the t ype of authentication the device uses. For more information about personalizing a device or to see a list of default device settings, see “Personalizing a device?[...]

20 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User Guide Note: For information about setting options beyond what is a vailable with Encrypted USB 7.0, contact http://www .mcafee.com/us/support/index.html . Biometric Retry Li mit — All users are automatically blocked from accessing the device usin g biometric authenticati on. Password authentication is st ill a[...]

21 Index A adding fingers 13 first user 7 users 12 administrative privilege s 12 Administrator about 7 Advanced profile about 19 applications starting 16 authenticati on methods 13 B biometric deleting 13 enrolling 13 biometric access bl ocked 18 biometric profiles 6 biometric retry limit about 20 biometric security level about 19 biometric verific[...]

22 McAfee Encrypted USB Devices User G uide flashing green slow 10 flashing red 10 solid green 10 solid orange 10 solid red 10 states 10 LED states 10 locking the devic e 9 M Manageme nt code 6 mapping network drives 18 McAfee system requi rements 5 McAfee Standard Encrypted USB installing 8 minimum password lengt h about 19 N network drives mappin[...]