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separation of duties

separation of duties noun: the requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.

Noun

separation of duties (uncountable)

  1. (security) The requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.
    • In modern business, tasks that require separation of duties include: Deployment of a nuclear weapon. Two or more staff members are required to insert a key or type a password. Opening a bank vault. Two vault tellers each possess one half of the combination to the vault.2015, Peter Gregory, CISSP Guide to Security Essentials, →ISBN, page 258
    Synonyms:
    segregation of duties, SoD

Synonyms of separation of duties

  • segregation of duties
  • SoD

Questions about separation of duties

What does separation of duties mean?
Separation of duties means the requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.
What part of speech is separation of duties?
Separation of duties is a noun.

Words near separation of duties in the dictionary

  1. Separation Creek
  2. separation energies
  3. separation energy
  4. separation from bed and board
  5. separation of concerns
  6. separation of duties
  7. separation of powers
  8. separation pay
  9. separational
  10. separationism
  11. separationist

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