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Employee offboarding guides

Step-by-step guides for removing access in the tools departing employees use most, keeping the evidence auditors ask for, and offboarding contractors and large groups safely. Each one is useful with or without PurpletGo.

Compliance9 min read

SOC 2 and ISO 27001 offboarding requirements: what auditors check

What SOC 2 and ISO 27001 expect when employees leave, how auditors test access removal, and the evidence to keep for every departure.

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Google Workspace8 min read

How to offboard a user in Google Workspace

Step by step: suspend a departing Google Workspace user, end their sessions, transfer Drive data, handle email, and avoid paying for unused licenses.

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Okta7 min read

How to offboard a user in Okta without leaving app access behind

Deactivate vs. suspend in Okta, clearing sessions, and why deactivating a user does not always remove their accounts in the apps behind SSO.

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GitHub7 min read

How to remove a departing employee from GitHub

Remove a leaver from your GitHub organization, handle outside collaborators, tokens, and keys, and rotate the secrets they could see.

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AWS8 min read

How to remove a departing employee's AWS access

Offboard AWS users: disable IAM access keys and console logins, handle IAM Identity Center users, revoke active role sessions, and rotate secrets.

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Contractors7 min read

Contractor offboarding: a checklist for access, assets, and contracts

Contractors are the easiest leavers to miss. A checklist for ending contractor and vendor access on time, recovering equipment, and closing the contract.

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Layoffs8 min read

Offboarding during a layoff: a checklist for HR and IT

How to offboard many people at once during a layoff or reduction in force: timing access removal, equipment return, communication, and records.

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Looking for the full process? Read the employee offboarding process and checklist.

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