Business Continuity
Key person risk, emergency access, and business succession planning.
20 articles
Your IT Guy Knows You're Dead Before Your Wife Does
In the leadership vacuum after a founder's death, employees can loot data, IP, and credentials. A lockdown protocol triggered by your dead man's switch prevents this.
The 'Golden Handcuffs' Escrow: How to Retain Key Talent with a Dead Man's Switch
Your co-founder could screw your family out of voting shares after you pass. A dead man's switch can automatically transfer control, bypassing the board entirely.
Business Email Compromise: The $400k Scam Waiting for Your Death
Hackers monitor obituaries to impersonate dead CEOs and trick staff into wiring money. Your death is their business opportunity.
Why Your Lawyer Is the Weakest Link in Your Security Chain
Law firms are hacked constantly. They use filing cabinets. You're trusting your most sensitive passwords to people who got phished by a fake invoice last Tuesday.
The AWS Kill Switch: What Happens When Your Credit Card Bounces After You Die?
You die. Your bank freezes your cards. AWS bills fail. 90 days later, Amazon deletes your S3 buckets, your databases, your entire product. Your startup dies twice.
Protecting Your IP: How to Release Source Code Only If You Are Detained
For activists, whistleblowers, and devs in hostile environments. How to ensure your code/data goes public if you are silenced.
Why 1Password's 'Emergency Kit' Isn't Enough
1Password is great, but its 'Emergency Kit' relies on a piece of paper. If your house burns down, or your heir is disorganized, it fails. ZeroLatch automates the delivery.
Executor Instructions: The Template Every Founder Needs
Your lawyer knows how to transfer your shares. They don't know how to transfer your AWS root account. Copy this template.
How to Transfer Admin Rights Without Sharing Passwords Today
You want your co-founder to have access *if* you die, but not *while* you're alive. Here's how to set up distinct conditional access.
The 'Bus Factor' Audit: What Happens to Your SaaS if You Disappear Tomorrow?
A brutal audit of your single-point-of-failure risks. AWS root, Stripe 2FA, and why your business might die 24 hours after you do.
Compliant Credential Storage for Regulated Industries
How to store credentials and secrets in compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and other regulatory frameworks.
API Key Management Best Practices
How to manage API keys securely — from generation and rotation to secure storage, access control, and emergency revocation.
Security Best Practices for Remote Teams
Essential security practices for remote and distributed teams — covering credential management, device security, and secure communication.
Disaster Recovery Planning for Startups
Build a disaster recovery plan for your startup — covering data protection, infrastructure failover, and business continuity on a startup budget.
Business Succession Planning for Digital Assets
How to include digital assets in your business succession plan — from domain names to SaaS accounts, code repositories, and digital IP.
You Are a Single Point of Failure (And Your Startup Will Die With You)
Essential failsafe planning for solo founders — ensuring your startup survives if you become suddenly unavailable.
Your Root Password Exists in One Brain. That Brain Has a 0.003% Chance of Dying Tomorrow.
Best practices for managing IT credentials in small teams — from shared password management to emergency access and offboarding.
Emergency Business Access Planning
Create a comprehensive emergency access plan for your business — ensuring operations continue when key personnel are unavailable.
Dead Man's Switch for Business: Ensuring Operational Continuity
How businesses can use dead man's switches to maintain operational continuity — from credential access to emergency procedures.
Your CTO Gets Hit by a Bus Tomorrow. Now What?
Identify and mitigate key person risk — ensuring your business survives the sudden unavailability of critical team members.
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