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Separate Duties That Shouldn't Combine

Split powerful capabilities so no single person or system can act unchecked.

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Concentrated power is concentrated risk: one compromised admin who can both make and approve changes is a single point of catastrophic failure. Separation of duties makes serious actions require collusion, which is far rarer than compromise.

“If one account can do everything, one mistake can undo everything.”

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