Apparatuses and methods for facilitating an equipment/resource lock with network/system specific host identifiers combined with user provided credentials

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining a first instance of a host identifier associated with a first server based on a communicative coupling between the processing system and the first server;
• obtaining a first instance of a credential associated with a first user;
• and
• activating a lock feature in respect of a resource coupled to the processing system based on the first instance of the host identifier associated with the first server and the first instance of the credential, wherein upon the activating the resource is restricted to operating in a first communication network associated with the first server for a duration that the lock feature is activated.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a first instance of a host identifier associated with a first server based on a communicative coupling between the processing system and the first server;
• obtaining, by the processing system, a first instance of a credential associated with a first user;
• and
• activating, by the processing system, a lock feature in respect of a resource coupled to the processing system based on the first instance of the host identifier associated with the first server and the first instance of the credential, wherein upon the activating the resource is restricted to operating in a first communication network associated with the first server for a duration that the lock feature is activated.