Adding A New User Pin (Via Admin Mode); Adding A New User Pin (Via User Forced Enrollment Mode) - Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3z User Manual

Establishing a User PIN
If no additional User beyond the Admin will be permitted to access the key's data, disregard this
page's contents as it relates only to the "User" PIN.
The Aegis Secure Key can have one Admin and one User, making a total of two working PINs.
Adding a User is a perfect way to securely share the key or deploy it for use where the User does
not require access to the key's Admin features. While the User has limited functionality and no
Admin rights to the key, they can still access its data, change their own User PIN, and set the key
to Read Only or Read / Write mode.
There are two ways to establish a User PIN: Admin generated while in Admin Mode, or User
generated while in User Forced Enrollment State.
A.) ADMIN-GENERATED USER PIN
1. Enter the Admin Mode by holding
Admin PIN and press the
+ 1 buttons together until the
2. Press the
starts blinking.
3. Enter the User PIN* and press . The
the BLUE LED will glow solidly as the
4. Re-enter that same User PIN and press . The
seconds verifying that the User PIN was successfully added, and then will be replaced
by the BLUE LED glowing solidly, indicating that the key has returned to the Admin
mode.
B.) USER-GENERATED USER PIN (USER FORCED ENROLLMENT)
Note: User Forced Enrollment state can only be implemented where there is no
Admin-generated User PIN set up as described in the process above.
User Forced Enrollment Security Warning:
When a drive is in the User Forced Enrollment state, it is essentially ed until a User PIN
is established. Therefore, DO NOT load sensitive data onto the drive if User Forced Enroll-
ment is to be implemented.
1. Enter the Admin Mode by holding
Admin PIN and press the
2. Press 0 + 1 and the
LED glowing solidly. Press the button to return the key to its locked state. The key is now
in User Forced Enrollment State, allowing a User to establish his own User PIN.
USER-GENERATED USER PIN IN FORCED ENROLLMENT STATE
1. Press and ensure that the
2. Press + 1 and ensure that the
LED blinks. Enter the new User PIN and press the
three times by itself and then will be joined by the
3. Within 30 seconds, enter that same User PIN once more, and press the
This time, the GREEN
to its locked state, indicated by the
accessed using either the User PIN or the Admin PIN.
* Note: Default setting for minimum PIN length is 7 characters,
and a maximum of 16.
+ 0 for five seconds; With
button. The
+ 0 for five seconds; With
button. The
GREEN LED will blink three times, then will be replaced by
BLUE
and the
BLUE
LED will glow solidly for a few seconds, then the drive will return
RED
BLUE LED will glow solidly.
BLUE
LED glows solidly and the
GREEN LED will blink three times by itself, then
GREEN LED continues blinking.
GREEN LED will glow solidly for three
BLUE LED will glow solidly.
GREEN
LEDs are glowing solidly.
LED continues glowing solidly while the
button. The
BLUE LED glowing solidly.
LED glowing solidly. The key's data can now be
RED LED blinking, enter the
GREEN LED
RED LED blinking, enter the
GREEN LED will blink
button again.
BLUE
GREEN
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