📘 Revoking vendor access after a breach
You are deciding whether a vendor path may return — write the access boundary before changing accounts. Name the vendor connection, broker systems, ACE or portal relationship, affected data, user groups, service accounts, privileged roles,
What you’ll learn
- Map and containDefine the access boundary, inventory identities, and contain active paths.Search human, machine, vendor, and emergency routes before changing them.
- Test revocationVerify revocation, review privileged changes, and protect customs data.Test layers, not directory flags; document vendor evidence with limits.
- Reauthorize safelyStage reauthorization with monitoring and a defensible closeout.Treat return as a monitored experiment with rollback triggers.
Questions this course answers
What makes an access boundary testable?
A bounded inventory tells reviewers what was searched and what remains outside scope.
Match each identity type to the review question it raises.
Different identity types create different accountability and exposure questions.
Put immediate containment in a defensible order.
Evidence and impact inform a controlled action, which must then be tested.
Why does disabling a directory account not prove revocation is complete?
Revocation must be tested across identity, application, network, and vendor layers.
Which finding most clearly requires a privileged-access review?
Privileged role assignments and changes can alter security-relevant capabilities and must be traced.
A temporary access exception should have an explicit ___ time.
An end time prevents an emergency exception from becoming unnoticed standing access.
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