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> Does "really secure" mean "find a bank that still offers safety deposit boxes"? Realistically? Yes. This is what several of the companies I've done contrac

> Does "really secure" mean "find a bank that still offers safety deposit boxes"? Realistically? Yes. This is what several of the companies I've done contract work for have done. You can still find at least one bank or self-storage place (look for the ones that don't have a nationally-advertised brand and don't look like they're made entirely out of corrugated metal) that do regular safety deposit boxes in pretty much any city. They may only be offered at a couple of locations and I've noticed credit unions bailing the hell out of this market as fast as they can decommission the vaults but boxes still exist. Let's assume all variables work in the other way, though. If you can't find a safety deposit box and don't have somewhere that's not your office you can drill into a floor or wall and you're storing a small device like Yubikeys or USB sticks, buy the heftiest portable gun safe you can find, one with a steel cable that loops back into the device, and stick it under your bathroom sink with the cable wrapped firmly around the water supply or drain pipe.

kelnos 6y ago
One problem with a safe deposit box is what happens if things go to hell at 2am? The bank isn't going to open for another 6 or 7 hours, and meanwhile you're sitting there with possibly business-destroying downtime.
- tomschlick 6y ago
  Well the idea is that the safety deposit box key is if everything falls apart, all the employees go missing and you dont have any other options. Ideally multiple employees would have keys as well that could respond in those crucial hours. But if for instance, your whole security team got in a car accident and all the keys burned up, you'd have a way to recover the creds and save the business.
zucker42 6y ago
> stick it under your bathroom sink with the cable wrapped firmly around the water supply or drain pipe What's the idea behind this? So that when someone tries to break in, they flood your bathroom? Or do you just mean secure it reasonably?

kelnos 6y ago

One problem with a safe deposit box is what happens if things go to hell at 2am? The bank isn't going to open for another 6 or 7 hours, and meanwhile you're sitting there with possibly business-destroying downtime.

tomschlick 6y ago
Well the idea is that the safety deposit box key is if everything falls apart, all the employees go missing and you dont have any other options. Ideally multiple employees would have keys as well that could respond in those crucial hours. But if for instance, your whole security team got in a car accident and all the keys burned up, you'd have a way to recover the creds and save the business.

zucker42 6y ago

> stick it under your bathroom sink with the cable wrapped firmly around the water supply or drain pipe What's the idea behind this? So that when someone tries to break in, they flood your bathroom? Or do you just mean secure it reasonably?