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separation of duties |
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separation of dutiesA security principle that says no one person should be able to effect a breach of security. For example, the person who writes a check should not be the one to sign it. Separation of duties requires that people who make changes in production source code hand off their changes to someone else for installation control. Separation of duties forces rogue employees into attempting collusion and thus risking discovery by honest coworkers. See dual control. |
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Inadequate segregation of duties, allowing some employees sole access to both physical assets and related accounting records. Lack of segregation of duties can exacerbate control problems. nbsp;and approval gaps and segregation of duties (19 percent). |
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