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EP 115 - SDP 10: Separation of Privileges

February 6, 2024·16 min·1 clip
Jason Dion reveals he uses his wife's secret family macaroni and cheese recipe as an analogy for dual-control security.
The hosts conclude their series on security design principles by explaining 'Separation of Privilege,' the concept that critical access should require multiple pieces of information or authorization. They illustrate it with examples ranging from two-signature checks and multi-factor authentication to nuclear launch protocols and military system handovers.

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A naval launch-authorization dilemma turns separation of privilege into a design rule with real consequences.

Separation of privilege becomes easiest to grasp when one unchecked decision could trigger a nuclear war. This closing episode in Your Cyber Path's security architecture and design series ties the idea back to a 1975 paper, then makes it concrete through dual keys, two-signature…

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