Smart Key Vault Chrome extension security report

Smart Key Vault is a lightweight, privacy-first password manager that keeps your credentials secure with military-grade encryption, without ever sending your data to the cloud. Built by DNSai LLC (the team behind enterprise DNS security tools), Smart Key Vault brings the same commitment to security and privacy to personal password management. WHY SMART KEY VAULT In an age of breaches and privacy concerns, your passwords deserve better protection. Unlike cloud-based password managers that store credentials on remote servers, Smart Key Vault keeps everything local on your device, under your control. • No cloud storage (reduces cloud breach risk) • No account required (no data collection) • No subscription (no recurring fees) • No tracking (privacy by default) KEY FEATURES Military-grade encryption: AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2 key derivation (100,000 iterations) 100% local storage: no servers, no sync, no third-party access Zero-knowledge design: the app never stores your master password (only a verification hash) Lightweight and fast: quick access plus full-page vault management One-click copy with auto-clear: clipboard clears automatically (default 30 seconds) Secure password generator: creates strong passwords with letters, numbers, and symbols Import and export (CSV): migrate or back up easily (supports up to 10,000 entries) Auto-lock protection: locks after inactivity (configurable 1 to 60 minutes) PERFECT FOR • Privacy-conscious users with a need to avoid cloud services • Security professionals and IT admins managing multiple accounts • Users who want a simple, no-frills password manager • Anyone tired of subscription fees for basic password management • Regulated environments that require local data storage ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ HOW IT WORKS 1. CREATE YOUR VAULT Set a strong master password. This is the only password you'll need to remember. Choose wisely—it cannot be recovered if forgotten. 2. ADD YOUR PASSWORDS Store website credentials with titles, usernames, passwords, URLs, and notes. Mark important entries as favorites for quick access. 3. ACCESS ANYWHERE IN CHROME Click the Smart Key Vault icon to instantly access your passwords. Search, copy and paste with ease. 4. STAY SECURE Your vault automatically locks after inactivity. Clipboard auto-clear ensures copied passwords don't linger. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SECURITY SPECIFICATIONS • Encryption: AES-256-GCM (Advanced Encryption Standard) • Key Derivation: PBKDF2 with SHA-256, 100,000 iterations • Salt: 128-bit random per vault • IV/Nonce: 96-bit random per encryption operation • Authentication Tag: 128-bit (built into AES-GCM) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ IMPORTANT NOTES • PASSWORD RECOVERY IS IMPOSSIBLE: If you forget your master password, there is no way to recover your data. We recommend keeping a secure backup. • LOCAL ONLY: Your passwords do not sync across devices. This is by design for maximum security. • BACKUP REGULARLY: Use the export feature to create a .csv which can be encrypted so you have manual backups of your password data.