Overview
MetaDefender Kiosk helps protect your network by enabling control over the flow of data into and out of your organization. It can be used as a media scanning station on your own hardware or on OPSWAT's custom-made kiosks. Media such as USB devices, DVDs, SD cards, flash drives, or floppy disks are processed by Kiosk. After the scan is complete, Kiosk generates a detailed report.
This user guide covers installing, configuring, upgrading, using, and troubleshooting MetaDefender Kiosk.
Key Features
Protection against zero-day attacks (MetaDefender Core integration)
Customized data security policies
Control over data flow
Active Directory authentication
Custom Authentication
Portable Media support including floppy disks, SD cards, CDs, DVDs, encrypted USB, and more
UI localization
- Contains bundled language translations and the ability to manually additional languages
Securely wipe USB drives
Easier system hardening
User authentication
MetaDefender Kiosk has the following authentication features:
- Active Directory authentication
- Support for Custom Authentication
Peripheral media
MetaDefender Kiosk automatically detects multiple peripheral media insertions for the following media types:
- USB devices
- CDs/DVDs/Blu-ray
- Card readers
- SD cards
- Floppy disks
Not all USB devices are currently supported. If you have a specific device you need supported, please contact OPSWAT support.
Encrypted USB devices
MetaDefender Kiosk can unlock encrypted USB devices with a given password and process its contents. Kiosk supports the following encrypted USB devices:
| Device | Software Version | Firmware Version | Scanning | Wipe | File Handling | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avira-Iron-Drive I | InfoPure - 3.201812 | - | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | |
| Biocryptodisk-ISPX | - | - | ✔️ | - | - | |
| Buffalo RUF2-HSCT | PASSWORD - 2.67 | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Buffalo RUF3-HSL | OPEN_HS - 2.58 | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Not supported as copy -to destination with all encrypted scan source devices, except SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition and Bitlocker USBs. |
| DataLocker Sentry 3 FIPS | 4.8.34 | 3.05 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Integral Courier FIPS 197 | 1.0.3.1 | - | ✔️ | - | - | |
| Kanguru Defender Elite 30 | - | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Kanguru Defender Elite 200 | 4.0.8.1 | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Kanguru Defender Elite 300 | - | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Kanguru Defender 2000 | 5.1.6.8 | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Kanguru Defender 3000 | 5.1.6.6 | - | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| McAfee Complete Data Protection | 4.3.0.224 | - | ✔️ | ❌ | - | McAfee File and Removable Media Protection client is installed on the system that MetaDefender Kiosk is installed. |
| Microsoft BitLocker | - | - | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Supports BitLocker To Go using passwords. MetaDefender Kiosk does not support BitLocker encryption using key files, smart cards, or VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) BitLocker encryptions. |
| SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition | 2.5 SDK 1.2.10.12 | 6.615 | ✔️ | - | - | |
| SanDisk Cruzer Contour U3 based USB | 4.08 U3 Launchpad - 1,6,1,1 | - | ✔️ | - | - | |
| USB Flash Security | 4.1.12.17 | - | ✔️ | - | - | |
| SDMS MkIII AES Duoulock | 1.0.0.8 | 1.21 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Encrypted devices are not supported by OPSWAT Media Validation Agent (OMVA)
Media handling
MetaDefender Kiosk's media handling features include the following:
- Can process drives with multiple partitions
- Can process full or partial media
- Can wipe/format USB drives
- Supports integration with MetaDefender Vault for uploading files for processing or uploading/downloading processed files
- USB device soft eject
- CD/DVD eject
Processing files
MetaDefender Kiosk uses MetaDefender Core to process files. MetaDefender Core has the following processing features:
- Scanning with multiple anti-malware engines
- Data sanitization
- Application vulnerability detection
- Heuristics for zero-day threats
- Archive extraction
- File type verification
- Workflow engines
Processing session results
After processing media, MetaDefender Kiosk allows you to view detailed logs and print results.
Customizable interface
The MetaDefender Kiosk user interface includes multiple display languages:
- English
- Arabic
- Hebrew
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- German
- Japanese
- Spanish
- French
With the additional support of customizing the bundled languages or adding other languages.
System hardening
MetaDefender Kiosk comes with a variety of system hardening features for additional security.
- Disables autorun of inserted media
- Users can only exit by pressing ALT+F4 and, if Kiosk is configured to require a password to exit, entering the exit password
- User interface blocks direct access to the system to prevent the ability to copy & execute files
- Runs automatically on system startup