IronKey Personal - Manual (Page 27)

PAGE 6 IRONKEY USER GUIDE
USINg MY.IRONKEY.COM (WIndoWs onLy)
Your IronKey supports advanced cryptographic authentication using strong PKI key pairs gener-
ated in the IronKey Cryptochip. When you log into my.ironkey.com from your device, it uses these
unique keys as your digital identity credentials. This locks down your account so that you must
have both your IronKey and your password in order to gain access. In other words, only you can
access your online IronKey account, even if someone stole your IronKey or your password.
In the event that you
ever lose your IronKey,
you can still access the
site in Safe Mode: a
restricted mode with
limited functionality. This
is useful for marking
your IronKey as lost, or
recovering a forgotten
password.
Step Description
 Securely logging into your account You can securely log into your my.ironkey.com by
clicking the “my.ironkey.com” button in the IronKey
Control Panel. This will initiate a complex PKI
handshake, thus logging you in with strong, multi-
factor authentication.
If you ever lose your IronKey, you can log into
Safe Mode by going to https://my.ironkey.com, log-
ging in the account credentials you created when
you activated your account. This will allow you
to mark an IronKey as lost or recover a forgotten
device password.
 Marking IronKeys as lost If you ever lose your IronKey, you can rest as-
sured that no one will ever get your data. As an
additional precaution, you can mark an IronKey as
lost from within my.ironkey.com, which will prevent
that device from ever accessing your account. If
you find your IronKey later, you can also mark it
as found again.
3 Recovering device passwords People sometimes forget passwords. IronKey
gives you the option to back up your device pass-
word to your Online Security Vault at my.ironkey.
com. That way, you can log into Safe Mode or with
another IronKey and recover the password.