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How Kaspersky Password Manager protects your data
About your vault
A vault is an encrypted file that contains all of your accounts, notes, and other data. By default, your vault is located at: %LocalAppData%\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Password Manager
For security reasons Kaspersky Password Manager automatically blocks access to the vault after a specified period of inactivity or when the screen saver turns on. You must enter the main password to access your vault. This method of data storage keeps your valuable information safe even if your device with Kaspersky Password Manager gets lost or stolen.
About the encryption
Kaspersky Password Manager encrypts data using a symmetric key algorithm based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). A key is derived from your main password using Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2).
The AES algorithm is used worldwide to protect top-secret data. This algorithm has low RAM requirements, which means your data is encrypted and decrypted within seconds.
About the main password
The main password is a single password that Kaspersky Password Manager uses to protect all your data, including other passwords. You create the main password during the initial setup of Kaspersky Password Manager. Every time you try to access the data vault, Kaspersky Password Manager prompts you for the main password. The application uses the main password to encrypt your data in the vault.
It is recommended that you set a main password that is at least eight characters long and contains uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, and special characters.
For security reasons, Kaspersky Password Manager doesn't store the main password on any of your devices or in cloud storage. We recommend that you memorize your main password, or write it down and keep it in a secure place, because it can't be restored or recovered if forgotten.
If you forget your main password, you will no longer be able to access your data. In this case, you will have to create a new vault and protect it with a new main password. Then you will be able to add new data to the vault.
Data types protected by Kaspersky Password Manager
You can add several types of entries to Kaspersky Password Manager and organize your entries by moving them into folders.
Accounts
Websites / Email accounts and Apps
A website or app account is a combination of a login and password required to authenticate a user on a website or in an application.
For websites, Kaspersky Password Manager saves the following information to the entry:
- Website name. Use a meaningful website name to quickly find the website that you want to edit or log in to.
- Website address. Kaspersky Password Manager uses this field to recognize a website's sign-in page and offer accounts you can use to sign in.
- Accounts. You can save multiple accounts for a website. For example, you might have personal and business email addresses from the same email provider.
For applications, Kaspersky Password Manager saves the following information to the entry:
- Application name. Use a meaningful name so you can quickly find the entry you need.
- Accounts. You can save multiple accounts for an application.
For quicker access, accounts for websites and accounts for applications are stored separately.
Other
Other is an all-purpose account type. Unlike Website / Email and App accounts, this account type has only Login and Password fields, and filling in the Password field is optional. Here you can save any important code or password, for example Wi-Fi password or door code.
Bank cards
You can add bank card numbers, other details, PINs, and the card issuer's customer support contact information to Kaspersky Password Manager.
Addresses
You can save addresses, names, email addresses, and phone numbers in address entries.
Documents
You can store important documents (for example, scanned Passports/IDs and PDF files) in Kaspersky Password Manager to keep them safe and always close at hand.
Notes
You can use notes to store any kind of text information.
Notes are encrypted and stored the same way as other data types.
You can use the clipboard to copy and paste note text to a web page or application.
Sync data across devices
If you are connected to My Kaspersky, when you add data to your vault on one device, the application automatically sends this data to cloud storage, and then from cloud storage to your other devices that have Kaspersky Password Manager installed and that are connected to My Kaspersky using the same My Kaspersky account. Keeping your data up-to-date and consistent on all your devices also helps restore your data if you replace or lose a device. Automatic sync is enabled by default.
- Open the main application window.
- Click
in the lower part of the main application window. - In the opened menu, click Settings.
The application settings open.
- Select the General section.
- In the Data sync section, clear the Sync passwords and data across all your devices with Kaspersky Password Manager installed checkbox.
Automatic sync is turned off.
- Open the main application window.
- Click
in the lower part of the main application window.The Sync your vault window opens.
- Click Sync now.
Automatic data sync is turned on. The application selects the Sync passwords and data across all your devices with Kaspersky Password Manager installed checkbox in the application settings.
If automatic sync is enabled but the data on your devices is out of sync, you can sync data manually.
- Open the main application window.
- Click in the lower part of the main window.
- The Sync your vault window opens.
- Click Sync now.
Kaspersky Password Manager syncs data across all your devices.
Sync across devices after update to Kaspersky Password Manager 10
When you update Kaspersky Password Manager to the version 10 or higher, your vault database becomes flexible. It lets you sync your data across devices, even when using different versions of the application on your devices.
Entry types and properties can change from version to version. For example, documents can be categorized on desktop computers running macOS and Windows but not on mobile devices.
Your data may not be fully available in the following cases:
- You add an entry of a new type or fill out new field not supported in the previous version.
These entries are available only on devices with the latest version of the application. On devices running the previous version, the application displays the number of entries that cannot be synced or warns that some data in an entry cannot be displayed properly.
- Some entry types are no longer supported in the latest version.
These entries are archived and synced only between devices running the previous version. When you update the application, these entries may be converted or deleted. You will have a chance to save any entries before they are deleted. Archived entries are not counted against the limitations of the free version.
- Some fields are no longer supported in the latest version.
This data is synced between devices running either the latest or previous versions. You can edit these fields only in the previous version.
Manage your vault online
You can manage data in your vault from any device connected to the internet.
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