separation of duties

English

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.
   • 2015, Peter Gregory, CISSP Guide to Security Essentials, →ISBN, page 258:

     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.

Translations

requirement

• Finnish: tehtävien eriyttäminen