Identity Protection Wallet

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 master password for access. This guarantees the security of your personal data by preventing third-party access to the documents.

About the master password

The master password is a single password that the Kaspersky application uses to encrypt your data in the wallet. We recommend using a master password that includes eight or more characters and contains upper and lower case letters as well as numerals and special characters.

For security reasons, the Kaspersky application does not store the master password on your devices and does not send it to the cloud storage. We recommend memorizing the master 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 application encrypts data using a symmetric encryption algorithm based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) standard. The key is computed from your master 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.

How to add a document to the wallet

How to extract a document from the wallet

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