Secure File Vault

Move files to and from your sockpuppet environments without ever exposing your true network, device, or organization. The Secure File Vault isolates evidence handling from your local environment so investigators can collect, analyze, and preserve digital artifacts while maintaining operational separation and provable chain of custody.

Why this matters

Transferring files the wrong way links your real identity and infrastructure to an operational persona. Uploading or downloading through consumer file-sharing apps, email, or direct device connections creates persistent telemetry (IP timestamps, account IDs, device metadata) that platforms and adversaries can use to connect you to the persona. For forensic and legal work, careless transfers also break evidentiary integrity. The Secure File Vault was built to eliminate those risks while keeping investigators productive.

What the Secure File Vault does

  • Per-instance, segregated vaults

    Every Alias instance (and thus every sockpuppet) gets its own encrypted vault. Files moved in/out are scoped to that persona and never commingle with other cases or your local environment.

  • Out-of-band transfers (no direct host-to-instance link)

    Files travel via an isolated channel separate from standard network traffic. That means you never expose your home/office IP, device IDs, or corporate network to the persona — preserving OPSEC and reducing attribution risk.

  • Customer-owned encryption keys

    Optionally bring and control your own encryption keys so only your organization can decrypt transferred files. Even if external systems are compromised, your data remains inaccessible without your key.

  • Automated Metadata Stripping & Virus Scanning

    Automatically strips file metadata to protect attribution and scans every download for malware, viruses, and suspicious content so your investigation files stay clean and safe.

  • Audit trails & chain-of-custody

    Every transfer is logged with timestamps, user IDs, source instance, and cryptographic hashes so evidence is verifiable, exportable, and court-ready.

Common use cases

Collecting mobile or web evidence

export screen captures, videos, chat logs, or full web scrapes from a persona for local review or court exhibits.

Importing case materials

upload photo sets, backstory content, or investigative datasets into a persona without exposing your office network.

Multimedia processing

move large video/audio files out for transcription, redaction, or analysis while preserving provenance.

Collaboration without physical devices

share persona-scoped artifacts with teammates without circulating physical phones or insecure consumer transfers.

Security & governance

The Vault integrates with RBAC and case management — restrict who can transfer, who can decrypt, and how long artifacts are retained. Retention policies, legal holds, and automated export packages simplify compliance for privacy, regulatory, and legal teams.

Ready for evidentiary-grade transfers?

If your investigations require secure, auditable, and attribution-safe file handling, the Secure File Vault is how Alias closes the gap between collection and analysis — safely and at scale. Contact us to demo per-instance vaults, customer-key options, and our enterprise retention/compliance controls.

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