SecurityQuestion 48 of 100
A company wants to make sure former employees can no longer access systems the moment they leave. Which practice addresses this?
a.Sharing one admin account
b.Ignoring account audits
c.Leaving accounts enabled indefinitely
d.Promptly disabling accounts during offboarding
Explanation
Disabling accounts immediately during offboarding removes access when an employee departs. Shared admin accounts and dormant enabled accounts create lingering, hard-to-attribute access that attackers can exploit.
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