Vendor Access Revocation Verification Checklist

An editable 17-page field guide for the analyst closing out a vendor relationship, when the contract has ended but several engineers still hold VPN, PAM, API and local administrator access. It covers reconciling identities against real activity, sequencing removal so nothing production-critical breaks, rotating the secrets the vendor knew, and keeping proof that each path is shut. Every item explains why it matters, the result a good answer should produce, the evidence to request, and the next analyst move.

What’s inside

• A readiness page confirming the vendor entity, product, environment, region and service in scope, business criticality and data sensitivity, the internal owners who can validate each claim, and how restricted evidence will be handled
• 30 numbered items, VAR-01 to VAR-30, grouped into 5 control domains and classified as they are in the guide: 23 marked Core, 4 marked Elevated and 3 marked Risk Based
• Trigger Command and Scope; Human and Privileged Identity Access; and Machine Integration and Remote Access
• Data System and Physical Access; and Verification Exceptions and Closure
• Response, evidence reference, action owner and due date against every item, so the completed form is the assessment record rather than a questionnaire you transcribe later
• A rapid final checklist that restates all 30 items on one page for the closing challenge

The assessment rule is written into the form: evidence should be current, complete for the service in scope, usable by your organization, tested where capability matters, and linked to a decision. A certificate, policy, screenshot or vendor statement is not enough on its own when it does not prove the specific requirement.