MetaDefender with Smart Touch offers a Secure File Storage to securely transfer files crossing domains. It work in-pair with MetaDefender Kiosk using "Media Manifest" feature.
Please follow the instructions here.
If you are also using Media Validation, you can follow that instruction entirely, otherwise MetaDefender Drive Secure File Storage just need to have Media Manifest enabled.
Switch to Secure File Storage
To start using Secure Storage, firstly tap to expand the left navigation bar, then tap to select Secure Storage
Then confirm Proceed when asked
Secure File Storage will start first with Total Files calculation. Note that the Initializing Secure File Storage... will appear making files counts populated once the counter is done. This process will take time depending on how many files are existing in the Secure File Storage.
During this time, if Secure Storage is plugged into a computer, from the file browser of computer, user will see a small disk (4.2 MB) that contains only a "busy.txt" stating that the Initializing phase is not yet completed.
When the calculation has done and the message clearly appears that says Connect to a host machine to copy files, that is when the Secure File Storage is ready for file storing and transferring.
Copy Files to Secure File Storage
Plug Secure File Storage to a computer, there you'll see a "USB Drive" in your file browser. Its size is 32 GB. Its file system is NTFS.
After finish copying files, when the USB cable is unplugged, Secure File Storage will recount the files.
Once the files calculation finishes, the total files will be populated. There you will know for sure how many files have been copied into Secure Storage.
Please notice that, at this stage, if you plug the Secure Storage into a host you will see an empty 32GB storage that is ready for another copy session, and the files have been copied will only available for accessing from a computer only when they have been completely scanned and confirmed clean by a OPSWAT MetaDefender Kiosk.
Next steps will instruct you how to do that.
Scan Files in Secure File Storage with MetaDefender Kiosk
Notice the button Scan With MetaDefender Kiosk is enabled when the files calculation finishes.
Press that button, then confirm when asked
Files will be prepared, please notice the warning to avoid cross infection because at this stage all of the files in Secure Storage have not been scanned to confirm it they are safe or not.
Files will be staged ready for scanning with Kiosk
Let's follow next steps on MetaDefender Kiosk to scan the copied files:
Notice that at this stage, from Kiosk, you will see 2 storage are being shown as expected.
Wait until Kiosk finishes scanning, with an on-screen report showing how many files are Allowed or Blocked.
Now you can choose to PRINT or not.
When unplug the USB cable, files will be recalculated again then populated with the correct numbers for Clean Files / Unsafe Files and Unscanned Files
Note that Allowed files will be considered as Clean by Secure Storage, and Blocked files are considered as Unsafe Files. Skipped files will be considered as Unscanned Files.
Securely access Clean Files in Secure File Storage
When plugging to host computer, from its file manager, the Clean files will be made visible in a 32GB storage, and the Unscanned and Unsafe files will be hidden.
That is how MetaDefender Drive Secure File Storage helps securely transferring files crossing domains.
Please notice that Secure File Storage will automatically and safely create these folder and files in the Clean storage so that Files Browser and Kiosk will see and scan them, but Secure File Storage will ignore them in its counts.
- .OPSWAT (manifest files, session, tokens)
The following folder and files will be automatically generated by Windows operating system and will be counted by Kiosk and Secure File Storage:
- System Info folders
