Meanings
- uncountablesecuritymanagementThe 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 258Synonyms: segregation of duties, SoD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.
Translations
Finnish tehtävien eriyttäminen
- tehtävien eriyttäminenTranslations
Polish podział obowiązków
- podział obowiązkówTranslations
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separation of duties. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/separation%20of%20duties
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