Secure transfer of registered network access devices

A computer-readable storage medium, excluding transitory signals and carrying instructions, which, when executed by at least one data processor of a cloud system, cause the cloud system to:

• initiate a change of a registration of a network access device,
• wherein the network access device is configured to allow a wireless device to connect to a wired network through the network access device, and
• wherein the registration is stored at the cloud system and indicates ownership of the network access device by a first user;
• receive an authorization from the first user to dissociate the ownership of the network access device by the first user;
• receive an indication of a physical reset occurring locally at the network access device,
• wherein the physical reset allows the first user to dissociate the ownership of the network access device;
• in response to determining that both the authorization by the first user and the indication of the physical reset are valid:
• release the ownership by the first user of the network access device at the cloud system;
• transfer ownership of the network access device from the first user to a second user;
• and
• register ownership to the second user at the cloud system;
• in response to determining that at least one of the authorization by the first user or the indication of the physical reset is invalid:
• cause the network access device to restore a current setting or a current configuration of the network access device to a prior setting or a prior configuration captured a point in time before occurrence of the physical reset.