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Smart Locker, Safe or Lock Box?

Smart locker, safe, or lock box? Choose where each item should go.

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About this interactive

A smart locker holds gear and gives access to it to somebody else. Parcel lockers are the lesson's example: the package goes in and locks, and the buyer opens it by tapping a device, from a phone app or text message, or with a code. Inside a company the same idea hands equipment to people when nobody is there to meet them. A safe is a place to keep documents, records and data locked up. Safes are usually heavy, and many guard against fire as well as theft, so the lesson keeps backup drives in one. A lock box is not as thick or as heavy. It may be portable, like a cash box, or mounted on the wall, often full of keys for cabinets and other IT equipment. To sort a card, ask what matters most: handing the item to someone who is not there, surviving fire and theft, or being light, portable or close at hand.

What you'll learn

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CompTIA Security+
1.2 Summarize fundamental security concepts.

Key terms

Safe
A heavy, secured physical container used to protect documents, data backups, and IT assets from unauthorized access, theft, and fire.
Lock Box
A lighter, often portable or wall-mounted secured container used to store keys or small IT assets such as backup drives.
Access Control
A security mechanism that restricts access to resources based on policies, roles, or identity.
Authentication
The process of verifying the identity of a user, device, or system.

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