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Segregation of duties

Also known as: Separation of duties (SoD), Dual control, Split knowledge

Segregation of duties is a security principle that requires more than one person to complete a critical business process. By dividing tasks among different individuals, an organization reduces the risk of fraud and errors because no single person has total control over all phases of a transaction.

In practice

An auditor verifies this by reviewing access logs or permission matrices to ensure the person who initiates a payment is not the same person who approves it. They look for "conflicting permissions" where one user account holds two incompatible roles.

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