User Manual

Rev. 20190228A
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8. Press [ slowly & momentarily]
If unsuccessful [ briefly]
All data and User settings have now been deleted from the Drive.
Brute Force Hacking Detection
USER
Status: Both Admin and User PINs have been created.
If a User enters an incorrect User PIN ten consecutive times, regardless of the time
intervals in between attempts, the Drive’s brute force detection will trigger and the User
PIN will be deleted. All data remains on the Drive and can be accessed by the Admin
entering the correct Admin PIN.
Status: Only User PIN have been created.
If a User enters an incorrect User PIN ten consecutive times regardless of the time
intervals in between attempts, the Drive’s brute force detection triggers and the User PIN
and encryption key will be deleted and all data will become inaccessible and lost
forever. The Drive will need to be formatted before it can be reused. Refer to
Reformatting the SecureDrive on page 15.
ADMIN
Status: Admin PIN, or Admin and User PINs have been created.
If an Admin enters an incorrect Admin PIN ten consecutive times, regardless of the time
intervals in between attempts, the Drive’s brute force detection triggers and both the
User and Admin PINs and the encryption key will be deleted and all data will
become inaccessible and lost forever. The Drive will need to be formatted before it
can be reused. Refer to Reformatting the SecureDrive on the next page.
This table illustrates the different PIN states and what happens when Hacking Detection
triggers.
Hacking Detection
PIN attempted to
use to unlock
PINs setup
on the Drive at the
time
After 10 consecutive incorrect PIN entries, the brute force
mechanism triggers
and does this:
User PIN
Admin & User PINs
The User PIN will be deleted.
All data will remain on the Drive and can only be accessed
by the Admin entering the correct Admin PIN.
User PIN
User PIN Only
The encryption key will be deleted, and all data will be
inaccessible and lost forever including the PINs.
Admin PIN
Admin & User PINS
Admin PIN
Admin PIN Only