Vendor Exit Security Attestation Questionnaire

An editable 17-page field guide for the analyst closing out a vendor relationship, where the risk is rarely the decision to leave and almost always what quietly stays behind. 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
• Twenty-four numbered items, VEA-01 to VEA-24, grouped into 6 control domains and split into 18 Core checks for any vendor in scope and 6 Enhanced checks for the harder cases
• Exit Planning and Authority; Access Connectivity and Secrets; and Data Return Retention and Deletion
• Assets Systems and Transition; Fourth Parties Evidence and Duties; and Attestation Validation 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 24 questions 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.