I. Detail that friendly departures include resignation, retirement, promotion, or relocation. In this case, the employee may have tendered notice well in advance of the actual departure date.
II. Emphasize this type of departure is more challenging because it makes it more difficult for security to maintain positive control over the employee’s access and information usage.
III. Outline the recommended steps the information security team should apply to ensure assets and the departing employee have the least amount of inconvenience for the organization:
• Employee accounts are usually allowed to continue with a new expiration date.
• Employees come and go at will and collect their own belongings and leave on their own.
• They are asked to drop off all organizational property “on their way out the door.”