If you keep important documents on your computer, for example, scans of photo ID documents, government documents, contracts, and so on, we recommend adding such documents to the secure wallet. Identity Protection Wallet is an encrypted file that requires entering a main password for access. This guarantees the security of your personal data by preventing third-party access to the documents.
Note: The Kaspersky Password Manager application provides the Identity Protection Wallet feature. You can install Kaspersky Password Manager and use your Kaspersky Premium subscription to activate it.
About the main password
The main password is a single password that the Kaspersky Password Manager application uses to encrypt your data in the wallet. We recommend using a main password that includes eight or more characters and contains upper and lower case letters as well as numerals and special characters.
Important: For security reasons, the Kaspersky Password Manager application does not store the main password on your devices and does not send it to the cloud storage. We recommend memorizing the main password or writing it down and keeping it in a secure location because there is no way of recovering a forgotten password.
About encryption
The Kaspersky Password Manager application encrypts data using a symmetric encryption algorithm based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) standard. The key is computed from your main password based on the Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2). The AES algorithm is widely used around the world for protecting secret data. This algorithm has minimal RAM requirements, so your data can be encrypted and decrypted in a matter of seconds.
Open the Documents section of the main application window.
Click > Browse for Files to add a new document.
The document selection window opens in Finder. By default, Kaspersky Password Manager opens the Documents folder.
Select a document you want to store in Kaspersky Password Manager and click Open.
The Add document window opens.
In the Document’s category pop-up menu, select the document category.
Note: Kaspersky Password Manager assigns a document category automatically, but you can change it. You can choose one of the following document categories: Bank Cards, Contracts, Driver’s Licenses, Insurances, Passports/IDs, and Other.
If you don't want Kaspersky Password Manager to delete the source document file from your computer (which it would otherwise do for security reasons), desiring to keep only a copy in the vault, deselect the Delete the source file checkbox. This checkbox is selected by default.
Click Add.
Note: Kaspersky Password Manager can't add password-protected PDF-files, files larger than 20 MB, or images larger than 100 MB, with resolution less than 256x256 px or higher than 40 MP.
When you add a PNG image, a BMP image, or a big JPEG image, Kaspersky Password Manager prompts you to allow the image to be optimized for storage. If you don't allow the image to be optimized, it won't be added to the vault
PNG and BMP images are compressed and converted to JPEG format, and big JPEG images are just compressed. The final size of an image in the vault is no more than 6 MB.
The document entry appears in the right pane of the window.