Mmastodon TechnologyCybersecurity first seen 3 d ago, last 3 d ago, peak #5
Offboarding failures leave ex-employees with working accounts
Original: Someone leaves on a Friday. By Monday the account still works and their phone still has the mail profile. Joiners, mover
A cybersecurity commentator has highlighted a common corporate security gap: employees who leave a company on Friday often still have active accounts and email access on their devices by Monday. The post points to the UK's NCSC guidance on joiners, movers and leavers processes, arguing that while leavers are often overlooked, internal job movers are the most neglected group, with old access rights quietly lingering.
Why now: The observation resonates because weak offboarding is a widespread, easily exploited security failure many organisations recognise in themselves.
Evidence
- Someone leaves on a Friday. By Monday the account still works and their phone still has the mail profile. Joiners, movers and leavers is the least glamorous line in the NCSC's identity guidance, and the one that quietly fails first. Movers are the neglected half. The leaver's… · adrianhollister@infosec.exchange · 2
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