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Meaning of separation of duties | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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