A user's phone contains customer's PII. The user cannot have the phone automatically wiped because the data is very valuable. Which of the following is the BEST method of securing the phone?

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Options

• AFingerprint lock
• BPasscode lock
• CSwipe lock
• DPIN lock

• A
  89% (31)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Since automatic remote wipe is off the table (the data cannot be lost), the focus shifts entirely to preventing unauthorized physical access. A fingerprint lock (biometric authentication) is the strongest option listed because it cannot be guessed, observed over a shoulder, or brute-forced the way a PIN or passcode can. Swipe lock provides essentially no security - anyone can unlock it. PIN lock and passcode lock both rely on knowledge-based secrets that can be shoulder-surfed, shared inadvertently, or guessed. Biometric authentication ties access to a unique physical characteristic of the authorized user, making it the most robust choice when wipe policies are disabled.

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