Scenario: Your organization employs single sign-on (user name and password only) as a convenience to your employees to access organizational systems and data. Permission to individual systems and databases is vetted and approved through supervisors and data owners to ensure that only approved personnel can use particular applications or retrieve information. All employees have access to their own human resource information, including the ability to change their bank routing and account information and other personal details through the Employee Self-Service application. All employees have access to the organizational VPN. What type of control is being implemented by supervisors and data owners?

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Operational controls are policies and procedures that ensure that day-to-day operations are carried out effectively and efficiently. In this case, the supervisors and data owners are implementing operational controls by vetting and approving permissions to individual systems and databases to ensure that only approved personnel can use particular applications or retrieve information.

Scenario: Your Organization Employs Single Sign-On (User Name and Password