Own the access
Name an owner for every critical business account
Create a plain inventory for email, domain, banking, payroll, cloud, website, social, and vendor accounts before an emergency exposes an ownership gap.
What this guide should leave behind
A business-controlled record shows the accountable owner, administrator, recovery path, billing contact, and exit procedure for every critical account.
Work the routine in this order
- 01
List the accounts that can move money, reach customers, control the domain, reset other accounts, hold business records, or stop daily work.
- 02
For each account, name a business owner and at least one business-controlled administrator. Replace shared or former-worker ownership where the provider supports safer roles.
- 03
Record the official sign-in address, recovery method, billing owner, support route, and the location of approved recovery material without copying passwords into the inventory.
- 04
Review the list after staffing, vendor, ownership, banking, domain, or platform changes and practice recovering one low-risk account through the documented route.
Foundations worth seeing
- The business controls the primary email and domain registrar accounts.
- No critical service depends only on one person, one personal inbox, or one unmanaged phone.
- Administrators use individual accounts and the smallest practical access.
- Recovery details are protected, current, and usable when the usual administrator is unavailable.
Terms behind this routine
Know when general guidance stops
Use qualified security, legal, insurance, banking, or incident-response help when ownership is disputed, recovery channels are compromised, money or regulated data may be exposed, or an account cannot be safely recovered.