
How to Review Segregation of Duties
Identify combinations that let one person initiate and complete a risky transaction, test them against actual user access, and judge whether compensating controls really work.
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Map key activities to Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed roles to expose ownership gaps, conflicting accountability and concentration of duties.
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Identify combinations that let one person initiate and complete a risky transaction, test them against actual user access, and judge whether compensating controls really work.
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Review segregation of duties end to end — risk-based conflict definitions, privileged and emergency access, users matched to current roles, tested compensating controls and remediation prioritized by business impact.
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Identify who can block, support, inform or approve an audit and plan how to engage them — preventing late surprises on sensitive or cross-border engagements.
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Document how a process really works during walkthroughs — steps, roles, systems, approvals, evidence, exceptions and manual workarounds.
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