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ThinC Manager User Manual

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Page 1 ThinC-VAULT (Secure USB with Biometric authentication) ThinC Manager User Manual A product by Ensurity Technologies https://thinc.ensurity.com...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Set / Edit / Manage Access Rights ......................44 Set / Edit / Manage Passwords......................47 Reassign Partition ..........................50 Binding ..............................52 Operating ThinC Device in Microsoft® Windows® ..................71 Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 2 / 75...
Page 3: Thinc-Vault: Introduction
ThinC–VAULT ThinC-VAULT: Introduction ThinC-VAULT is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) based external data storage device (Pen Drive / Flash Drive) with built-in fingerprint biometric security and military grade encryption. ThinC-VAULT protects the data with the hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption, the keys for encryption gets generated and stored in devices Secure Element.
Page 4: Hardware Specifications
ThinC–VAULT Hardware Specifications The following table provides brief specification of ThinC-Vault device. Feature Specification / Description • High-speed USB 2.0 Connectivity • 128 GB Capacity • Capacitive touch-based fingerprint sensor • Upto 15 Fingerprint registrations Fingerprint Biometrics • Upto 5 Users and each user can enroll 3 fingerprints •...
Page 5: Led Indications
Success Disconnect and reconnect Factory Reset After Reset the device Fail Typically, 1-2 seconds Data read / write from the SD Card Operations Read/Write device Blinking Slow Blinking Glow Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 5 / 75...
Page 6: Thinc Management Tool
ThinC Manager tool is a software utility meant for managing ThinC range of USB devices viz ThinC- FIDO2 / U2F, ThinC-VAULT and ThinC-COMPUTE. Management tool for ThinC-VAULT has four sub tabs i.e 1) User 2) Partitions 3) Settings 4) FAQ and disconnect button.
Page 7 • By default the tool installs in "C:\Program Files\ThinC Manager". To choose a different folder, click on Browse and select another folder. Click on Install to begin the installation. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 7 / 75...
Page 8 • The Installation window will show progress of installation. Once the installation process is initialized this process can't be stopped / aborted. If installation is stopped or aborted tool will not be installed. Step 5: • After the installation is successfully completed Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 8 / 75...
Page 9: Uninstallation Microsoft® Windows
Follow the below steps to uninstall ThinC Manager tool from Windows Step 1: • Goto Windows Control Panel > Programs and features. Or Control Panel > Uninstall a program. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 9 / 75...
Page 10 ThinC Manager tool, choose to accept or click Yes to continue uninstall. Choose No to abort the operation. Step 3: • ThinC Manager tool uninstall window will ask to reconfirm Uninstallation process. To proceed further choose Uninstall and to abort choose Cancel. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 10 / 75...
Page 11 Microsoft Windows will show "ThinC Manager has been uninstalled from your computer" click Finish to complete the uninstallation process. In case of any issue during uninstallation kindly contact thinc.support@ensurity.com with subject "Uninstall-Windows". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 11 / 75...
Page 12: Thinc Manager Functionality For Admin User
[refer to installation section in the manual for installing]. This tool is used for managing ThinC-VAULT. Connect the ThinC-VAULT to computer USB port, the device would power on, initialize and install necessary drivers automatically and await to read fingerprint or enroll fingerprints.
Page 13 • If the device is not connected properly or not available in computer, the below screen would be displayed prompting the user to reconnect the device. If it continues to be unrecognized device, please contact thinc.support@ensurity.com. ThinC-VAULT device supports up to 15 fingerprint registrations. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 13 / 75...
Page 14 • The below screen provides an overview of the tabs available in ThinC Manager tool. User Tab Partitions Tab: Note: Capacity showcased by the doughnut chart varies based on ThinC-VAULT variant Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 14 / 75...
Page 16: Basic Functionalities
FAQs Tab Basic Functionalities This section of the document describes the basic functionalities available in ThinC-VAULT. The basic functionalities are listed below, and the description of each section is described as follows. • Creation / Deletion of Users: Describes the process of creating and deleting user using ThinC Manager.
Page 17 • Click on Authenticate and place enrolled finger on the Touch sensor. The tool will request ThinC-VAULT to verify the finger and provide access after successful verification. This step is skipped by tool automatically for fresh / reset / unregistered device.
Page 18 • In the user management window click on in the user tile to delete the user. After successful deletion of the user "Delete User Successful" notification will be displayed by the tool. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 18 / 75...
Page 19: Register / De-Register Users Fingerprints
Fingerprint management window provides 10 slots to choose for enrolment of finger. Choose the finger slot of your choice by clicking on icon to enroll the fingerprint. Click on "Yes enroll!" to initiate enrollment process, click No to abort enrollment process. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 19 / 75...
Page 20 ThinC–VAULT Avoid using different finger for indicated fingerprint slots to minimize confusions later. All the enrolled fingerprints are securely stored on the ThinC-VAULT device. No fingerprints or device access information is stored in the management tool. All fingerprint information is stored on ThinC-VAULT in an encrypted format.
Page 21 ThinC Device supports upto 5 users and each user can enroll upto 3 fingerprints. If these slots are exceeded and after enrollment process instead of "Fingerprint enrolled Successfully" tool would notify "Maximum finger limit reached". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 21 / 75...
Page 22 • Tool will automatically initiate the verification and shall provide results by notifying "Your fingerprint verified Successful" if fingerprint matches enrolled finger or "Authentication Failed" if fingerprint does not match Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 22 / 75...
Page 23 / de-register fingerprint. After successful deletion of the fingerprint " Your fingerprint data is successfully deleted from the device" notification will be displayed by the tool. It is mandatory for the Admin to have at least one fingerprint enrolled. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 23 / 75...
Page 25 • In the user management window click on in the Group tile to delete the Group. After successful deletion of the user "Delete Group Successful" notification will be displayed by the tool. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 25 / 75...
Page 26: Add / Remove Group Members
• Admin can add multiple members to the group. To add a member to the group, click on "Add Member" and select one or more users in the list of users and click on Add Members. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 26 / 75...
Page 27 "Are you sure? You want to remove user from group!", click on "Yes, Remove" to remove the user from the group else click on "No Keep". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 27 / 75...
Page 28: Set / Edit / Manage Partitions Without Password
ThinC-Manager application. Create Partition • To manage the partitions on ThinC-VAULT device, goto ThinC Manager tool partition tab (by clicking on partitions). This tab shows the partition information (Name & Size) and unallocated space in the form of doughnut chart.
Page 29 If User is not assigned to the partition, tool displays a prompt "Please select at least one user for creating partition" requesting the user to select a user to continue the partition creation process. Partition can either be assigned to a user or a group. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 29 / 75...
Page 30 ThinC–VAULT • The tool displays a pop up "Partition Added successfully. The new partition will be accessible from next device connection". Remove the ThinC-VAULT device from computer, reconnect and authenticate to enumerate the newly created partitions. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved...
Page 31 ThinC–VAULT Deletion of Partitions ThinC-VAULT supports deletion of selected partitions. Please use the following procedure to delete partition(s). • In the partition management tab click on 'Delete Partition' to delete the selected partition. Click on "Yes, delete" to proceed with the deletion or click on "No" to abort the operation.
Page 32: Manage Device Settings
ThinC–VAULT • After successful deletion of the partition "Deleting partition successful" notification will be displayed by the tool. Kindly remove the ThinC-VAULT device and reconnect. Authenticate the device using enrolled fingerprint to re-login. Please remove and reconnect ThinC-VAULT device after delete operations Deleting a given partition will delete the contents stored in the partition.
Page 33 Admin has the ability to set a unique name for each device. • To set a device name, enter the name and click on Update in the Device Settings section. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 33 / 75...
Page 34 Once "Yes, reset!" is chosen tool will request user to authenticate the device, click on authenticate and place already enrolled finger on fingerprint sensor to initiate factory reset process. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 34 / 75...
Page 35: Others
Factory reset will erase all stored data including fingerprints and reset the device to factory default. Others Disconnect: Disconnect is used for disconnecting the device and log off from the tool. To disconnect click on Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 35 / 75...
Page 36 Please note that the support will is available only on weekdays (Monday to Friday) between 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM IST. Without the User biometric authentication, can ThinC-VAULT be used to access the Encrypted Storage partition? • NO. The device will be accessible only after the user's successful biometric authentication to the device.
Page 37 How many users are supported for ThinC-VAULT? • ThinC-VAULT support upto 5 users and 3 groups. Each group can contain upto 5 members. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 37 / 75...
Page 38: Advanced Functionalities
The advanced functionalities are listed below and the description of each section is described as follows. • Access Rights: ThinC-VAULT supports " Read Only" and "Read/Write" access rights per partition per user on the device. Access rights are managed by the device admin.
Page 39: Set / Edit / Manage Partitions With Password
Set / Edit / Manage Partitions with Password Create Partition • To manage the partitions on ThinC-VAULT device, goto ThinC Manager tool partition tab (by clicking on partitions). This tab shows the partition information (Name, Size, User access rights) and storage capacities in the form of doughnut chart.
Page 40 Partition Password supports only 16 characters. • The tool displays a pop up "Partition Added successfully. The new partition will be accessible from next device connection". Remove the ThinC-VAULT device from computer, reconnect and authenticate to enumerate the newly created partitions.
Page 41 ThinC–VAULT Deletion of Partitions ThinC-VAULT supports deletion of selected partitions. Please use the following procedure to delete partition. • In the partition management tab click on 'Delete Partition' to delete the selected partition. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved...
Page 42 • Click on "Yes, delete" to proceed with the deletion or click on "No" to abort the operation • Unlock the partition by entering the Password to proceed with the deletion. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 42 / 75...
Page 43 ThinC–VAULT • After successful deletion of the partition "Deleting partition successful" notification will be displayed by the tool. Kindly disconnect and reconnect the ThinC-VAULT device. Authenticate the device using enrolled fingerprint to re-login. Please remove and reconnect ThinC-VAULT device after delete operations Deleting a given partition will delete the contents stored in the partition.
Page 44: Set / Edit / Manage Access Rights
Set / Edit / Manage Access Rights Partition Access Rights Management ThinC-VAULT supports " Read Only" and "Read/Write" access rights per partition per user on the device. Access rights are managed by the device admin. • To assign access rights to the partition in tools go to partition tab, click on the required partition to manage access rights.
Page 45 ThinC–VAULT Best practice for Read only Partition Read Only access control is a very versatile functionality of ThinC-VAULT. Admin can modify Read/Write access control to Read Only access rights by configuring the partition using the tool. Once any partition is changed from Read/Write to Read only no changes can be made to the content of the partition.
Page 46 • In the tool go to Partition tab, click on the desired Partition to change the Access Rights. Click on permissions for a given user, click on to change the partition Access rights to "Read only" Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 46 / 75...
Page 47: Set / Edit / Manage Passwords
• Please enter "Enter Password" and "Re-enter Password", click on Enable button to enable password to the partition. The password will be effective only when the device is disconnected and reconnected to the computer. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 47 / 75...
Page 48 Change Password. Enter the Old password, new password and click on Change to modify the password and the tool displays a prompt "Password has been changed successful" else click on "Cancel" to abort the operation. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 48 / 75...
Page 49 Partitions tab. Select the partition to clear the password and click on Clear Password. When prompted click on "Clear" to remove the password else click on "No, keep it!" to abort the operation. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 49 / 75...
Page 50: Reassign Partition
"Yes, reassign” and select the user/group from the drop-down and click on Add Access else click on No, keep it to discard the changes. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 50 / 75...
Page 51 ThinC–VAULT • After successfully modifying the partition access rights, the tool displays a prompt "Assign Partition User successful". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 51 / 75...
Page 52: Binding
It’s a security function that binds ThinC-VAULT device to given computer (Laptop/Desktop). If any ThinC-VAULT is binded to computer then it can only be used in that computer and it does not work / function with any other computer machines. Adding Computer will trigger and enable the binding security function in the device.
Page 53 After successfully adding the computer to Device Binding Rule list the, tool displays a notification stating "Binding rule has been added successfully" message and the screen would get updated. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 53 / 75...
Page 54 "Delete" to proceed with the deletion or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation. After successful deletion of the device from the binding list "Delete computer from device successful" notification will be displayed by the tool. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 54 / 75...
Page 55 Binding ThinC-VAULT to PC/Laptop After adding the PC/Laptop to the Binding list, check the check-box under Device Binding section to bind the computer to ThinC-VAULT device. Click on "Bind" to proceed with the Binding or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation.
Page 56 "Yes, Unbind" to proceed with the unbinding or click on "No, keep" to abort the operation. • After successful unbinding the tool will display a notification stating "Binding rule has been deactivated successfully". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 56 / 75...
Page 57 ThinC–VAULT IP Binding It’s an security function that binds ThinC-VAULT device to given IP address. If any ThinC-VAULT is binded to the IP address, then it can only be used in a computer with that IP address and it does not work / function with any other IP based PC/Laptops.
Page 58 In the Device Binding Rule section click on to delete the selected IP Address from the Binding rules. Click on "Delete" to proceed with the deletion or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 58 / 75...
Page 59 After adding the IP Address to the Binding list, check the check-box under Device Binding Rules section to bind the IP address to ThinC-VAULT device. Click on "Yes, Bind" to proceed with the Binding or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation.
Page 60 In the Device Binding section click on to delete the selected PC from the binding list. Click on "Yes, Unbind" to proceed with the unbinding or click on "No, keep" to abort the operation. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 60 / 75...
Page 61 MAC Binding It’s a security function that binds ThinC-VAULT device to a computer using the MAC. If any ThinC- VAULT is binded to a computers MAC address, then it can only be used in a computer with that MAC address and it does not work / function with any other computer machines.
Page 62 ThinC–VAULT Adding MAC Address to ThinC-VAULT Binding list To add the MAC Address to the binding list, navigate to Binding tab. The bindings tab lists all the available Binding features. Check the checkbox MAC Binding and enter the MAC address of the computer that needs to be added.
Page 63 ThinC–VAULT Removing MAC Address from ThinC-VAULT Binding list In the Device Binding section click on to delete the selected MAC Address from the Binding list. Click on "Delete" to proceed with the deletion or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation.
Page 64 Binding MAC address to ThinC-VAULT After adding the MAC Address to the computer list, check the check-box under Device Binding section to bind the computer to ThinC-VAULT device. Click on "Bind" to proceed with the Binding or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation.
Page 65 "Yes, Unbind" to proceed with the unbinding or click on "No, keep" to abort the operation. • After successful unbinding the tool will display a notification stating "Binding rule has been deactivated successfully". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 65 / 75...
Page 66 It’s a security function that binds ThinC-VAULT device to a computer using the Network address range and Subnet Mask. If any ThinC-VAULT is binded to the Network range then it can only be used in a computer with in the network range and it does not work / function with any other computer machines.
Page 67 After successfully adding the Network Address to Device Binding Rule list the, tool displays a notification stating "Binding rule has been added successfully" message and the screen would get updated. Removing Network information from ThinC-VAULT Binding list In the Device Binding section click on to delete the selected Network Address from the Binding list.
Page 68 After adding the Network Address to the binding list, check the check-box under Device Binding section to bind the Network Address to ThinC-VAULT device. Click on "Bind" to proceed with the Binding or click on "Cancel" to abort the operation.
Page 69 In the Device Binding section click on to delete the selected Network Address from the binding list. Click on "Yes, Unbind" to proceed with the unbinding or click on "No, keep" to abort the operation. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 69 / 75...
Page 70 ThinC–VAULT • After successful unbinding the tool will display a notification stating "Binding rule has been deactivated successfully". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 70 / 75...
Page 71: Operating Thinc Device In Microsoft® Windows
ThinC–VAULT Operating ThinC Device in Microsoft® Windows® ThinC-VAULT by default creates partitions and allocates storage space with in the device. After creating the partition using the tool, the partitions must be formatted as per choice using respective OS formatting tools. This section of the document explains typical procedure to format (initialize and erase) partitions in Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS.
Page 72 To avoid confusion, it is suggested to enter the same name that is mentioned in ThinC Manager tool while creating the partition. Choose the file system NTFS - FAT32 - exFAT or default option Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 72 / 75...
Page 73 • Disk Management can be opened by typing diskmgmt.msc in the Run dialog box or the Start menu. • Right-click on the disk and choose Format... An unformatted drive will show RAW disk format. Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 73 / 75...
Page 74 Partition Creation with PIN section of this document. • Launch ThinC Agent tool. Click on the partition tab, select the required partition and click on "Unlock Partition PIN". Ensurity Technologies Pvt Ltd., | All Rights Reserved 74 / 75...