Getting Started; Tap With Precision To Input Data; Randomized Keys On Touch-Screen; Best Practices - Kingston Technology IronKey Vault Privacy 80 User Manual

Tap with Precision to Input Data

The VP80ES allows you to navigate its durable touch-screen very accurately using a pointed but non-
puncturing stylus. You can also use the tip of your finger. The screen uses a resistive technology that
takes input from precise mechanical presses/taps. In the password entry screen, a yellow touch indicator
marks where the drive has detected the tap. For the input to be successful, most of the indicator needs to
appear over the expected target character.
You can skip the animation by tapping anywhere on the screen.

Randomized Keys on Touch-screen

By default, the input keys of the password entry screen are randomized on each use. The randomization
will keep alphabetic character rows in order but mix the rows, or rearrange the numbers randomly on the
keypad screen. The randomization is a security measure to guard against smudge attacks, where an
attacker analyses the fingerprint patterns on the drive. It also helps against sneak peek attacks if someone
gets a glance at the password taps on the screen.

Best Practices

Power to your VP80ES

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Only connect the VP80ES to certified USB ports. The drive has a minimum power requirement of 5
Volts and 1A of current drawn from the USB port.
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Safely disconnect or eject the drive from the operating system before removing it. For more
information, see Disconnecting your

Using a Strong Password

The strategy to strong data security is to utilize a password that will be hard for an attacker to guess.
There are entire web sites dedicated to listing common passwords that are easily guessed, like
"PASSWORD1". Attackers utilize social engineering techniques to guess passwords based on what they
know about the owner of the USB drive.
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IronKey VP80ES External SSD User Manual – Rev. 1.0

Getting Started

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