Traditional access offboarding
Disables sign-in, email, SaaS access, VPN, devices and internal permissions through IAM and IT processes.
Offboarding comparison
Access offboarding is not the same as external identity offboarding
Disabling internal accounts protects systems. Deactivating external corporate identity helps stop a former employee from continuing to appear as an active company representative.
Two different offboarding layers
Organizations usually begin offboarding with access revocation. That remains essential, but it does not always address externally visible professional identity.
External identity offboarding
Removes or deactivates the company-controlled professional identity that customers and partners may still encounter after departure.
Why both matter
A former employee may lose system access while old public links, cards, signatures, screenshots or contact artifacts continue circulating externally.
What CardIQ adds to the offboarding process
CardIQ focuses on the external representation layer and complements existing IAM, HR and IT offboarding controls.
Public profile deactivation
Administrators can deactivate company-managed employee identity so the public profile no longer presents the person as active.
Verification status changes
Inactive employees are excluded from active company-scoped communication verification.
Controlled identity assets
Digital cards, approved signatures, meeting backgrounds and related outward-facing identity assets can remain aligned with current employment status.
Audit and review
Administrative lifecycle actions can be governed and audited alongside other company identity controls.
CardIQ does not replace Entra, Okta, Google Workspace, HRIS or endpoint-management offboarding. It addresses the external corporate identity layer they may not cover.
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