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Setting a Self-Destruct PIN

For certain users, it’s important to have a “last-resort” level of security where sensitive data

falling into the wrong hands would be catastrophic. The Secure Key’s Self-Destruct PIN

defends against physically compromising situations by erasing the key’s contents, leaving

it to look as if it never had any data written to it.

*USE WITH CAUTION*

When this mode is activated and the key is unlocked with the Self-

Destruct PIN, it will effectively perform a crypto-erase on the key, deleting all of its data.

Additionally, the encryption key will be deleted and a new encryption key will be created to

take its place. When this Self-Destruct PIN is deployed, the key will unlock and the

GREEN

LED will glow solidly as if the key is being normally unlocked. The key, however, will need

to be partitioned and formatted before it can be used again. The previous Admin and User

codes will be deleted in the crypto-erase and the Self-Destruct PIN will then become the

new Admin PIN to unlock the key.

Note: The Self-Destruct PIN must be different from the Admin PIN and User PIN.

1. Enter the Admin mode. (Hold

for five seconds – with

RED

LED blinking,

enter the Admin PIN and press the

UNLOCK

button.)

The

BLUE

LED will glow solidly.

2. Press

. The

RED

and

BLUE

LEDs will blink alternately.

3. Enter the new Self-Destruct PIN and press

UNLOCK

. The

GREEN

LED will blink

three times and then will return to

RED

and

BLUE

LEDs blinking alternately.

4. Re-enter the Self-Destruct PIN and press

UNLOCK

GREEN

LED will glow solidly

for three seconds and then will return to Admin mode, indicated by the

BLUE

LED

glowing solidly.

To remove the Self-Destruct PIN, the User PIN must be deleted.

This will leave the Admin and all data intact.

1. Enter the Admin mode (Hold

UNLOCK

+ 0 for five seconds – with the

RED

LED

blinking, enter the Admin PIN and press the

UNLOCK

button.)

The

BLUE

LED will glow solidly.

2. Press and hold

7 + 8

together

for five seconds. The

GREEN

LED will blink three

times and then will return to

RED

and

BLUE

LEDs blinking alternately.

3. Press and hold

7 + 8

together

for five seconds again.

GREEN

LED will glow solidly

for three seconds and then will return to Admin mode, indicated by the

BLUE

LED

glowing solidly.

Summary of Contents for Aegis Secure Key 3.0

Page 1: ...Aegis Secure Key 3 0 Remember to save your PIN in a safe place If PIN is lost or forgotten there will be no way to access data on the key User s Manual Data Security at Your Fingertips ...

Page 2: ...he Admin PIN 8 Setting Read Only or Read Write Modes from Admin Mode 8 Setting Read Only or Read Write Modes from the User Mode 9 Setting the Unattended Auto Lock Feature 10 Setting a Self Destruct PIN 11 Aegis Secure Key Brute Force Protection 12 Performing a Complete Reset 13 Hibernating or Logging Off from the Operating System 15 Aegis Secure Key Setup for Mac OS 15 Diagnostic Mode 16 Lock Over...

Page 3: ...copyright holder Distribution of the work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE...

Page 4: ...rt and cause the key to not function properly Battery Note The Aegis Secure Key has an internal rechargeable battery with a smart charging circuit For safety each key ships with a partial charge Before initial use we recommend plugging the key into a powered USB port for 80 minutes to fully charge the battery The battery will automatically charge whenever it is plugged into a powered USB port rega...

Page 5: ...an be set e g adding a User 6 To exit the Admin mode press the LOCK button The key will return to the locked standby state If no action is taken within 30 seconds the key will return to its locked sleep state GREEN LED will blink if the PIN is accepted If the PIN is NOT accepted the RED LED will blink return to step 4 to resume the Admin PIN setup process Slow Fading RED Battery charging when plug...

Page 6: ...p any of the key s Admin functions the Admin mode must first be entered Once in the Admin mode each of the key s functions can be addressed with the appropriate button com mands While in the Admin mode the data on the key will not be accessible Prior to your first use of the Aegis Secure Key you must first set an Admin PIN Immediately after setting up your Admin PIN you may then continue setting u...

Page 7: ...ser PIN You can delete the User PIN by doing the following 1 Enter the Admin mode Hold UNLOCK 0 for five seconds With the RED LED blinking enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button The BLUE LED will now glow solidly 2 Press and hold the 7 8 buttons for five seconds The GREEN LED will blink three times and then will be followed by the RED and BLUE LEDs blinking alternately 3 Press and hold th...

Page 8: ... a Read Only mode for both the Admin and the User When set by the Admin the Admin is the only one that can change the key back to Read Write mode When the key is unlocked in Read Only mode and inserted into a USB port the GREEN LED will glow solidly and the RED LED will blink once every three seconds To set the Key to Read Only 1 Enter the Admin mode Hold UNLOCK 0 for five seconds with RED LED bli...

Page 9: ...ead Write Mode To Set the Key to Read Only 1 Press the UNLOCK button to wake the key The RED LED will glow solidly 2 Press the r o 7 6 buttons together for three seconds The GREEN LED will blink three times 3 Enter the User Admin PIN and press UNLOCK The GREEN LED will blink 4 The Key will be in a Read Only state the next time it is unlocked To Return the Key to Read Write 1 Press the UNLOCK butto...

Page 10: ... 1 Enter the Admin mode Hold UNLOCK 0 for five seconds with RED LED blinking enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button The BLUE LED will glow solidly 2 Once in the Admin mode press UNLOCK 6 The RED and BLUE LEDs will blink alternately 3 Press one of the numbers below that corresponds to the amount of inactivity you would like the key to lock itself 0 OFF The Default is OFF for this feature 1...

Page 11: ... Note The Self Destruct PIN must be different from the Admin PIN and User PIN 1 Enter the Admin mode Hold UNLOCK 0 for five seconds with RED LED blinking enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button The BLUE LED will glow solidly 2 Press UNLOCK 3 The RED and BLUE LEDs will blink alternately 3 Enter the new Self Destruct PIN and press UNLOCK The GREEN LED will blink three times and then will ret...

Page 12: ...xtra attempts press and hold the 5 button and then press the UNLOCK button until the RED and GREEN LEDs blink alternately 5 Enter the code LastTry 5278879 and press the UNLOCK button You will now have ten additional attempts 6 When the key is successfully unlocked the Brute Force counter will return to zero The number of attempts possible both before and after the LastTry 5278879 code is entered c...

Page 13: ...will perform a crypto erase on the key generate a new encryption key delete all users and return all of the settings to factory default To perform a complete reset of the key perform the following 1 Press and hold UNLOCK LOCK 2 together for ten seconds The RED and BLUE LEDs will blink alternately 2 The GREEN LED LED will glow solidly for three seconds followed by the GREEN and BLUE LEDs glowing so...

Page 14: ... and press UNLOCK 7 Windows 7 and earlier Right click My Computer and then click Manage from the Windows desktop Windows 8 Right click left corner of desktop and select Disk Management 8 In the Computer Manage window click Disk Management In the Disk Management window the Aegis Secure Key is recognized as an unknown device that is uninitialized and unallocated 9 Perform the following to make the k...

Page 15: ...rs Aegis Secure Key Setup for Mac OS Your Aegis Secure Key is pre formatted in NTFS for Windows To reformat the key to a Mac compatible format please perform the following Once the key is unlocked open Disk Utility from Applications Utilities Disk Utilities To format the Aegis Secure Key 1 Select the Aegis Secure Key from the list of keys and volumes Each key in the list will display its capacity ...

Page 16: ...n 11 blinks Lock Button 12 blinks 4 To exit the Diagnostic Mode wait for the 20 second timeout to return the key to its normal operation Self Diagnostics During the initial power up after the key has been plugged into a USB port the key will perform self diagnostics on the encryption algorithm and critical hardware components If the RED LED blinks at a rate of one blink per second for 15 seconds r...

Page 17: ...n 1 Enter the Admin Mode Press and hold UNLOCK 0 for five seconds until the RED LED blinks then enter the Admin code and press the UNLOCK button The BLUE LED will glow solidly 2 Press and hold 7 1 for three seconds the GREEN LED will blink three times then the BLUE LED will glow solidly 3 When the key is unlocked and attached to a USB port in Lock Override Mode the BLUE LED will blink once every t...

Page 18: ...y manually For more information refer to Initializing and Formatting the Aegis Secure Key After a Complete Reset in this manual Q How do I use the Aegis Secure Key without a PIN A As a full disk encryption product the Aegis Secure Key can never be used without a PIN Q What encryption algorithm is used in this product A The Aegis Secure Key uses AES 256 bit algorithm Q Why could I not initialize pa...

Page 19: ...d Q Why does the LED indicate an error when I try to change the PIN A PIN requirements for this key must meet a minimum security level There are several combinations that are not allowed such as repeating numbers or sequential numbers The PIN must be a minimum of seven digits and not longer than 16 digits Q What are the ECCN and HST codes used for shipping this device outside of the United States ...

Page 20: ...N GUIDE 2 BY THE USE OF PARTS NOT MANUFACTURED OR SOLD BY APRICORN 3 BY MODIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT OR 4 AS A RESULT OF SERVICE ALTERNATION OR REPAIR BY ANYONE OTHER THAN APRICORN AND SHALL BE VOID THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR NO OTHER WARRANTY EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE HAS BEEN OR WILL BE MADE BY O...

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