An Employee Left. Her Login Still Worked 6 Weeks Later.

An employee resigned on good terms, gave two weeks' notice, and had a friendly last day. Six weeks later, her login still worked — not in some system IT forgot to check, but in a tool nobody on the security side even knew she had access to. In this video I break down why offboarding almost never removes all access on the first try, and the checklist that actually closes the gap. What you'll learn: → Why there's no single "off switch" for an employee's access → Why roughly 1 in 4 former employees can still log into a past employer's systems → The five things to do the same day someone leaves — not "sometime this week" → Why deleting an account too fast can be as risky as leaving it open → The four most common offboarding mistakes, including shared passwords nobody rotates → How to build a living access inventory that makes offboarding a checklist instead of a guess 🔒 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — The login that still worked 6 weeks later 1:30 — Why there is no single off switch 2:55 — The real numbers on lingering access 4:23 — The five things to do the same day 5:48 — The four most common offboarding mistakes 7:17 — The fix: a living access inventory 8:35 — The 5-minute test to run today 📋 FREE CHECKLIST: Employee Offboarding Security Checklist [Download link in comments] 🔔 Subscribe for weekly cybersecurity advice for business owners — no IT background needed. #SmallBusinessSecurity #EmployeeOffboarding #CyberSecurity #InsiderThreat #AccessManagement #SmallBusiness #ITSecurity #BusinessOwner #DataProtection