Smart Keeper and PadJack are two well-known brands of cybersecurity products, so we thought it would be beneficial to compare the two port lock product lines on a head-to-head basis, first comparing their port lock security features and then comparing their breadth of port lock offerings.
Security
PadJack’s port locks are held in place with a wire loop. Removing a PadJack port lock requires only a pair of scissors to snip the wire loop, which then allows the port lock to be removed
Smart Keeper offers a much greater level of security, as Smart Keeper locks cannot be removed unless a Smart Keeper key with a matching pattern is used. All locks and keys are a common color – making it impossible to determine key pattern by color.
What’s more, neither the purchaser nor the end user knows what key pattern has been deployed to a particular installation site. The installation sites are registered, and patterns assigned by the Smart Keeper team. If additional locks or keys need to be purchased, then the Smart Keeper team can provide products that are pattern-matched to the previous deployment.
In addition, if a purchaser wants to buy goods for a particular installation site, they must first go through a simple vetting process to determine that they are, indeed, authorized to buy for that site. All of this is designed to make it much harder for an unauthorized person to procure a key on their own and use it to open ports without permission.
SECURITY WINNER HANDS-DOWN: Smart Keeper
Breadth of Product Line
Smart Keeper offers 23 different locks; PadJack offers two. What’s more, all Smart Keeper locks can be unlocked with the same professional Smart Keeper Port Lock Key, providing extreme versatility without the need to maintain multiple keys.
| Lock | Smart Keeper | PadJack |
|---|---|---|
| USB type A port | Yes | Yes |
| USB type B port | Yes | |
| USB type C port | Yes | |
| Micro USB type B port | Yes | |
| Mini USB type B port | Yes | |
| Display port | Yes | |
| Mini display port | Yes | |
| RJ11 port | Yes | |
| DVI port | Yes | |
| SD port | Yes | |
| USB port | Yes | |
| DB9 serial port | Yes | |
| DB25 serial port | Yes | |
| HDMI port | Yes | |
| Fiber optic module | Yes | |
| Optical disk drive | Yes | |
| eSATA port | Yes | |
| CompactFlash port | Yes | |
| RJ45 | Yes | Yes |
| LAN cable | Yes | |
| Network port | Yes | |
| Network module | Yes | |
| QSFP port | Yes |
BREADTH OF PRODUCT LINE WINNER HANDS-DOWN: Smart Keeper
Based on Smart Keeper’s security superiority, its much-expanded product line offering, and the need to purchase and maintain a single Smart Keeper key to operate all locks regardless of type, we declare Smart Keeper the overall winner.
