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.