The NutManager is a data management platform designed to securely share sensitive information between people, organizations, within and amongst governments. This includes private individuals and anyone wishing to enhance their privacy like journalists, activist, and maybe people financing censorship.

The NutManager can securely message, cover the data lifecycle of documents, is data distributed and decentralized, can integrate with cloud storage, and operates in air gapped systems.

Software Dependencies

Windows Desktop Runtime.NET7.0.0.x64 or better

Hardware Requirements and Recommendations

Networking

Firewall port on your desktop will be opened during the installation of the NutManager but depending on your company's network, the Network Administrator may also need to open the following ports:

Hard Drive Space

The amount of hard drive space you will require will vary widely. There are several factors that should be taken into consideration: 1. Estimating the size of the data files you want to secure 2. The number of revisions you want to keep 3. Estimated data that third parties will share with you. 

The current NutManager footprint is ~500mb of space.

Internet Connection

An internet connection is not required for the installation once the installer package has been downloaded locally. But a connection will be required to receive an updated license to enable all the subscription features.

1. 1. Data-centric security is a type of security approach that focuses on protecting sensitive data itself, rather than just the perimeter of the system it is stored on. In this approach, security measures are applied to the data itself, such as through encryption, access controls, and data masking.
2. 2. With data-centric security, the protection of sensitive data is maintained even if it is transferred outside of the perimeter of a system, such as when it is shared with partners or stored in the cloud. This makes it more effective than traditional perimeter-based security approaches, which can be circumvented if a attacker gains access to the system.
3. 3. Data-centric security is becoming increasingly important as organizations generate and store more sensitive data, and as the attack surface expands with the increasing use of cloud and mobile technologies. By focusing on the protection of sensitive data itself, organizations can better ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their critical information assets.
4. 4. NUTS Technologies has developed novel and innovative capsules that provide data-centric security of sensitive data insider and outside of the organization. 

Today's computers have the storage and power to become edge computing devices in of themselves. Third-party or cloud services should not be a requirement.

Cyber resilience is the ability to withstand, adapt to, and recover from cyber threats and attacks. It refers to the ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber-attacks in a manner that ensures the continuity of critical operations and the protection of sensitive information.

NutManager is a technical measure that enhances data security and privacy, as well as having an automated data backup and recovery to minimize the impact of a successful attack. This includes the use of strong passphrases and keys and a threat detector that can identify tampered files that are managed by the NM system.

Having a strong cyber resilience strategy is critical in today's increasingly interconnected and digital world, as the frequency and sophistication of cyber-attacks continue to increase. By protecting your data directly, you can minimize the impact of security breaches and maintain the ability to recover your sensitive data.

Zero trust data is a security concept that assumes that all data and systems are potentially compromised and must be verified and authenticated before being granted access. In this approach, access to data and systems is granted only on a need-to-know basis, and all activities are monitored and logged for suspicious behavior.

The zero-trust approach helps to mitigate the risk of data breaches by reducing the attack surface and limiting the impact of a successful attack. This is achieved through a combination of technical controls such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, and access controls, as well as policies and procedures for data management and security.

Zero trust data is particularly relevant in today's digital landscape, where the number and sophistication of cyber threats are increasing, and sensitive data is stored and transmitted across a growing number of systems and devices. By adopting a zero-trust approach to data security, organizations can better protect their critical information assets and reduce the risk of data breaches.

The NutManager utilizes ZTD in its IoD framework.

A nut is a data structure commonly referred as a container, wrapper, or capsule that protects any data you put inside of it such as documents or other unstructured files, directories of files, databases, and applications.

A nut has built-in access control layers which travel with the data in any environment: a location agnostic property of a nut. The security on the data protected by a nut container is consistent across on-premises, off-premises, cloud storages and throughout a supply chain.

A nut directly applies Zero Trust principles on the data object itself in an independent way making central access control systems optional. Data owners set cryptographic technical controls on the payload for sharing at a fine grain level including an industry first: Verify-Only. This property can directly mitigate Insider Threats.

The NUTS ecosystem adheres to Zero Trust Architecture goals by providing its own key management system and utilizing nut containers to store and transport all sensitive data including its keys.

The Zero Trust Architecture goals outlined by the Executive Order of May 12, 2021, Section 10 (k) can be implemented by the use of NUTS technologies. 

There are several steps you can take to help with password recovery in case you forget.

1.Write down the NM password on a piece of paper and keep that safe with your other physical documents.

2.Trust a friend to be a custodian of your NM password.

3.Place a copy in a depository box.

4.Provide a copy to your legal counsel.

We are working on offering password recovery questions in future offerings.

Creating a Group and sharing files

Accessing Additional Options in NutManager

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Issue: Anti-virus software may slow down the creation and opening of data files.

Possible Fix: Adding the necessary exclusions in Windows built-in Virus scanner. Refer to your default anti-virus programs instructions on how to add exclusions to your anti-virus.

Steps to resolve:

1.Go to Windows Security > Virus & threat protection and select “Manage settings” under Virus & threat protection settings in the main panel.

2.Scroll down to Exclusions and select “Add or remove exclusions.”

3.Add the following exclusions for each item separated by a comma:

a.Folder: C:\Program Files\Nuts (or the equivalent install directory), %APPDATA%\Local\Nuts

b.Filetype: nut

c.Process: Nuts.NUTBookClient.exe, NUTS.NUTBookClient.exe

Issue: Group creation issues due to running multiple windows adapters with the same priority

Possible Fix: If you are running multiple network adapters on Windows 10 there may be a conflict of priority on what adapter the application may use. Especially if not all the adapters have access to the internet. Ideally any unused adapters should be disabled by default.

Steps to resolve:

Check to see which adapters are currently active.

If there are multiple adapters that are ‘Up’, then we may need to prioritize which adapters that applications should access by default. You should consult with your local network administrators to discuss this prior to making any changes.

Take note of the active

After all changes have been made you can verify the changes by querying the results