Cessazione del rapporto di lavoro means the end of the employment relationship, whether by resignation, dismissal, contract expiry, or another lawful termination. In cyber security, this moment matters because it changes a person’s access, responsibilities, and reporting rights. Offboarding should trigger account revocation, device return, credential resets, and review of privileges to prevent unauthorized access after departure.
Attackers may abuse slow offboarding if former staff keep VPN, email, or cloud access long enough to steal data, delete logs, or plant malware. Defenders also need clear rules for whistleblowing and incident reporting, because a report can arrive after employment ends and still concern active security risk. Good governance treats termination as a security event: it is a control point for limiting insider threat, preserving evidence, and deciding which internal procedures still apply.