This documentation covers managing wwSafe™, a client/server application from WWPass®. It is written for administrative users (see below).
wwSafe is managed from the wwSafe Management Utility (MU) and the wwSafe client.
The MU is a web utility that is run via a web browser and connects to a certain wwSafe server.
It provides functions for managing the main components of wwSafe storage: storage accounts, Cabinet types, and Cabinets.
The MU also provides functions for managing users and groups, including groups for sharing information in wwSafe and groups for assigning administrative roles.
Although the wwSafe client is primarily designed for end users, it provides administrative users with the functions needed for creating groups and inviting users to join them.
There are two types of administrative users for wwSafe—Security Administrators and IT Managers:
Both types of users can run the MU. When a Security Administrator is logged in, the Security Admin menu is shown. When an IT Manager is logged in, the IT Manager menu is shown. If a user has both administrative roles, both menus are shown.
Your PassKey™ tells wwSafe which role or roles you have. A PassKey is a cryptographic and anonymous authentication device from WWPass.
Before you run the wwSafe MU or client, present your PassKey to your Windows computer. If you have both roles, you can use the same PassKey for both.
Note: The first wwSafe Security Administrator is created during configuration of the wwSafe server. The first Security Manager then creates IT Managers and additional Security Administrators by inviting them to join groups for the Security Manager and IT Manager roles.
wwSafe allows enterprise users to securely store and share confidential files in the cloud. The files might be contracts, patents, legal documents, or intellectual property. They can be shared with individual users and with groups.
Files are safely stored in wwSafe Cabinets that are designed to prevent data breaches.
Files can only be accessed by and shared with authorized users. To prove that they are authorized, each user must authenticate their identity with a PassKey when they log into wwSafe.
Authorized users can include internal users such as enterprise employees and external users such as clients who need to safely share information with an enterprise.
What makes wwSafe secure is WWPass encryption and authentication technology.
When users upload files to a wwSafe Cabinet, encryption is used for both file data and file metadata. The metadata includes file attributes such as date of creation and size plus authentication information needed for file access:
The only way users can reconstruct file metadata and access stored files is by authenticating with a PassKey. An enterprise can choose whether to use two-factor authentication (PassKey plus access code) or single-factor authentication (PassKey only).
wwSafe integrates with Microsoft Windows Azure for cloud storage and Microsoft Active Directory for the user account repository.
Note:All data stored in wwSafe is transported using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, a cryptographic protocol that provides communication security over the Internet.
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