Create Secure Storage

Creating a new Secure Storage is convenient and the Create New Secure Storage manager wizard will begin once you click the Create New Storage button in the main Encryption Suite Pro interface or Secure Storage Manager.

To start the tool, select “Create New Storage” from the “Secure Storage” section of the main interface.

Once you name your Secure Storage, the wizard will begin and you will be presented with the following tabs:

• Mounting Point/Drive - select whether to create your storage as a folder, a drive or a network drive. You may also choose a custom your drive/folder in the File System Name section and that is how it is going to appear when mounted.
• Size - choose whether your drive will be a fixed size or a variable size drive. Variable size drives do not have a size limit adjust accordingly to your use.
• Security - allows you to choose whether to encrypt your Secure Storage with a password or an OpenPGP key. Password policies are listed below the password entrance fields and the entered password will need to fulfill the set polices in order to be accepted.
• OpenPGP Access - when OpenPGP is selected in the Size tab, you will automatically move to the OpenPGP Access tab where you can select the appropriate OpenPGP keys to encrypt your drive with.
• Space Optimization - Allows you to set space optimization settings for your drive.
• Advanced Options - allows to set further options for your Secure Storage such as password save, automount, expiration time and Journaling.

Once you have chosen the above mentioned settings, click on Create and your Secure Storage will be create and mounted.