{"id":4750,"date":"2022-02-08T19:53:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:13:03","slug":"segregation-of-duties-in-a-world-of-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/2022\/02\/segregation-of-duties-in-a-world-of-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Segregation of Duties in a World of Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

The addition of Intelligent Automation<\/a> to business processes can eliminate many of the routine work steps human processors are required to complete, with the added benefit of zero errors, assuming each step is defined properly, and the impact of an ongoing process or system changes are accounted for as they occur.\u00a0 Being able to perform reviews and audits of automated processes is critical, and none more critical than ensuring the proper segregation of duties is maintained to prevent intentional manipulation or misuse of company resources.<\/p>\n

This research paper is a top-level summary of a recent poll that was conducted in Peeriosity\u2019s Intelligent Automation research area<\/a>.\u00a0 For Peeriosity members, full visibility to all the details of the poll is available, including the ability to interact directly with participating peers.<\/p>\n

iPolling Results Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

A recent Peeriosity poll looked at the issue of segregation of duties for Robotic Process Automation the approaches used at Peeriosity member companies.<\/p>\n

The first polling question asked where or not a separate account is created for each process when building a new RPA bot<\/a>.\u00a0 For 47%, each bot (process) has its own user ID.\u00a0 An additional 47% indicated that each bot has a user ID and that the bot is used for multiple processes, and the remaining 6% indicated that a unique ID is created when required.<\/p>\n

\"do<\/p>\n

To the question of how companies resolve potential segregation of duty conflicts, only 6% indicated that bots are not validated against segregation of duties so that they have all required access to do their job (and since they are programmed robots<\/a> and not people, traditional segregation of duties parameters do not apply). \u00a0In 76% of companies, if needed, separate accounts are created to avoid segregation of duties conflicts.\u00a0 Finally, 18% indicated that some other approach was followed.<\/p>\n

\"how<\/p>\n

A few of the comments from members include:<\/p>\n