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1. About the DIGITTRADE HS256 S3
The DIGITTRADE High Security HS256 S3 (external encrypted HDD/SSD) enables the
privacy-compliant storage and keeping as well as the safe transport of personal data.
Thanks to the security features it is one of the safest solutions to save mobile data.
From the point of the stored data the DIGITTRADE HS256 S3 is secure from unauthorized
access even in the case if it will be lost, misplaced or stolen as well as from digital and
physical attacks.
The DIGITTRADE HS256 S3 is delivered completely pre-set and is ready to use for the
data storage. In the BSI-certified configuration, the user is only allowed to use the hard
drive, after he has changed the smart card PIN, the encryption key on the smart card has
been generated by himself and the smart card has been initialized.
To use the whole security properties of the HS256 S3 and according to the BSI
certification, the following steps are besides necessary:
- Ensure that your host system has a proper protection of all data retrieved from
the protected storage of the DIGITTRADE HS256 S3
- Make sure that no malware can be transferred to the hard drive
- Check the security package after the receiving (chapter 1.8)
- Check the range, the completeness and the correctness of the delivery (chapter 17)
- Check all functions of the device after the first start (chapter 3)
- Change the smart card PIN (chapter 3.3)
- Change the device PIN (chapter 5.1)
- Create a new cryptographic keys (chapter 4.1)
- Initialize the smart card with the new cryptographic keys on the HS256 S3 and
format the hard drive afterwards (chapter 5.4, 6-9)
- Copy the cryptographic keys on other delivered smart cards (chapter 5.3)
- Check if the login is possible with all smart cards
- Check continuously that the lock-out mode is activated (chapter 5.2)
- For effectively destruction of the encryption key the key must be deleted from all
smart card that contains the key. Alternatively the whole hard drive must be
overwritten by a new encryption key. (chapter 4.2)
- Keep your authentication data confidential
- The encryption key of the smart card must be used by one hard drive only
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