Security & DevSecOps Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Aug 20, 2025 4 min read

Secret Rotation on Staff Change

When team members leave, rotate accessed secrets.

Trigger

Departure. Role change.

Identify shared secrets they accessed.

Rotate

All shared secrets the person had access to.

Don't trust intent.

Verify

No residual access.

Test by their old credentials.