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Re:Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer's code... by r00fus on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @04:36PM (#38618945)
Modern IT integrations connect the HR system to the IT to auto-provision (ie, hire) and auto-deprovision (ie, terminate) user access in near-real-time. In this case, once the termination is completed (& approved) in the HR system, the user loses access immediately without any IT involvement.

Here's an example of how Microsoft supports auto-provisioning from SAP Successfactors for this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/saas-apps/s...

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Re:Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer's code... by tharkun__ on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:20PM (#38630602)
Which works if every single tool you use is hooked up to your one central authentication provider. Then there are tools that aren't. Entire acquired company's systems that aren't (yet). Parts of those companies nobody know exist and thus aren't ever migrated over etc.
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Re:Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer's code... by sonicanatidae on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @04:11PM (#38634193)
This all assumes the one thing IT cannot have, under any circumstances.

The budget to pay for it.

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