May 20, 2026
The Real Cost of Lingering Access: Why IdPs Aren't Enough
The Messy Reality of Offboarding
It happens every day. An employee leaves, their main email and Windows login are cut, but the long tail of access—legacy software, local databases, physical master keys—is forgotten.
Real-World Incidents
The consequences are measurable. Recently, a terminated NY credit union employee logged back into a system two days after being fired because their access was never properly revoked. They deleted 21GB of data, including mortgage applications and anti-ransomware software. In another case, a former VP at Stradis Healthcare used a forgotten backdoor account to sabotage PPE shipments during a crisis, resulting in a $221,200 court-ordered restitution and a federal prison sentence.
The Attestation Solution
This is why Permission Report relies on manual attestation. We force a named manager to actively confirm and sign off that access was removed, creating an immutable audit trail. It's the difference between a 'process failure' and a 'person failure'.
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