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key control

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A type of internal control designed to detect errors or fraud in financial statements.

MWEFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

Classifications

Entity Type

Control0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
key controls
possessive
key control's
pluralpossessive
key controls'