preventive controls
Definition
Steps taken before an emergency, loss, or problem occurs. These include use of alarms and locks, segregation of duties (to prevent recorders of cash from controlling cash and inventory personnel from controlling inventory) plus other general and specific authorization policies.
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preventive controls is in the Disaster Planning & Risk Management and Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subjects.
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