Offboarding
In one sentence
The checklist of steps to cut off a departing employee's access to systems, data, and devices.
Offboarding is the documented process run when someone leaves: email disabled, sessions revoked, SaaS accounts removed, devices collected, shared passwords rotated. Done same-day and on a checklist, it closes a common and cheap-to-fix gap.
Why it's on your cyber insurance application
A named application question; 'same day, on a checklist' is what underwriters want to hear.
How the Readiness Check scores it
The free Check asks the same question a carrier will. Here it is, why it's asked, and the fix if today's honest answer is no. The full application question list has the rest.
Access control & offboarding
When someone leaves the company, how quickly is their access removed?
Why carriers ask: Orphaned accounts from departed employees are a classic breach entry point. Carriers ask whether access removal is immediate and documented.
If the answer is no: List every system a departing employee touches; turn it into a checklist; assign an owner. Two hours, permanent fix.
The written evidence carriers accept
A “yes” on the application needs a document behind it. In the Readiness Pack, that document is:
Related terms
Would you pass this question today?
The free Readiness Check scores you across the ten control domains carriers probe, in five minutes, no email required for the score.