Steps to take when technical staff leave

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Published on 2011-06-30T10:52:47Z Indexed on 2011/06/30 16:24 UTC
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How do you handle the departure process when privileged or technical staff resign / get fired? Do you have a checklist of things to do to ensure the continuing operation / security of the company's infrastructure?

I'm trying to come up with a nice canonical list of things that my colleagues should do when I leave (I resigned a week ago, so I've got a month to tidy up and GTFO).

So far I've got:

Escort them off the premises
Delete their email Inbox (set all mail to forward to a catch-all)
Delete their SSH keys on server(s)
Delete their mysql user account(s)

...

So, what's next. What have I forgotten to mention, or might be similarly useful?

(endnote: Why is this off-topic? I'm a systems administrator, and this concerns continuing business security, this is definitely on-topic.)

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