VME2000

Keybooks

Introducing

If your customer needs to create and store many different keys (also known as passwords),

they’ll LOVE Keybooks.

Keys are usually the single least secure aspect of a data security

system. If they’re easy to remember:

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They’re easy for a hacker to guess.

If they’re hard to hack:

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They’re hard to remember!

And if a key is hard to remember:

Users tend to write them down and ‘hide’ them in their desks. That’s not secure!

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Using the Keybook Manager

You access the Keybook Manager from within the CipherFile or CipherText dialog box, by clicking on the Key icon in the button bar.

Using the Keybook Manager

You can also access it from the Tools menu, or by pressing Control + M.

Using the Keybook Manager

The Keybook Manager then opens and presents you with your current Keybooks.

Using the Keybook Manager

There are four fields in the Keybook.

Description

Key Key Clue

Email

Using the Keybook Manager

Descriptions name the groups and people with whom the User is sharing the key. The first entry, with the description ‘Accounting’

is shared between the User and the Accounting group.

Description

Using the Keybook Manager

Most of the keys in this example are long, random strings, generated by the Keybook

Manager. (You can also use keys you create yourself.)

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Using the Keybook Manager

Key Clues are explained in the manuals.

The Email field simply provides a convenient way to keep a key and its associated email

address together.

Key Clue

Email