separation of duties

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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.

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