Sep 3, 2026
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access governance
Access Governance: The Critical Path Through Your S/4HANA Transformation JourneyS/4HANA transformation impacts the most critical applications that run a business. Any delay or deployment issue will have significant effects on the business. These can lead to disruptions, security issues, and audit findings. Many organizations assume access governance is a workstream to bolt on after the technical migration is done, or that a lift-and-shift approach […]
Unlocking the Value of SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance: What Enterprises Need to KnowStandard Edition or Integration Edition — picking the wrong SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance path could mean months of rework and compliance gaps you didn't see coming. As enterprises race to extend access governance into the cloud, the decision between running IAG standalone versus bridging it with existing GRC Access Control isn't just a licensing question — it shapes your role management, approval workflows, and audit readiness for years. What happens to your risk rulesets in a Bridge scenario? How long should implementation actually take? And where does IAG still fall short on non-SAP integrations? C-level leaders navigating cloud identity governance need answers before they commit. Here's the full breakdown.
Jun 4, 2026
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Streamlining SAP User Access Review (UAR): Common PainYour SAP User Access Review process might be checking a compliance box — while quietly creating a bigger risk. Between reviewers who ghost their approval requests, leadership refusing to touch GRC escalations, and role owners left validating access for employees who've already exited the organization, UAR execution is riddled with breakdowns that most organizations don't surface until an audit forces the question. With SOX, GDPR, and ISO 27001 all demanding rigorous access oversight, a bottlenecked or poorly scoped review cycle isn't just an inconvenience — it's exposure. So where exactly do most SAP UAR programs fall apart, and what does a smarter, automated approach actually look like? Here's the full breakdown.
Mar 10, 2026
•3 minute read
SAPinsider Research Webinar: The Office of the SAP CFO and the Future of FinanceAs regulatory complexity, cyber risk, and economic volatility converge, the Office of the SAP CFO is being pushed beyond stewardship into a new role as strategic co‑pilot of the enterprise. At the same time, most SAP-centric finance organizations remain stuck at an “established but not optimized” maturity plateau, constrained by fragmented data, manual close processes, and slow, spreadsheet-driven reporting that limit the impact of AI and automation.
In this research-driven session, SAPinsider unpacks findings from the 2025 benchmark study of 110 SAP-centric organizations to show how leading finance teams are modernizing the core, automating the close, and building an AI-ready data foundation on SAP S/4HANA. You will see how “optimized” organizations are using solutions such as SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Financial Closing, SAP Business Warehouse, and complementary close automation tools to move toward a continuous close, cut cycle times from week-long marathons to as little as 1–3 days, and free scarce finance talent for higher-value analysis and business partnership.
Watch this webinar to learn how to:
- Identify where your finance organization sits on the SAPinsider maturity curve and what separates “established” from “optimized” finance teams in SAP environments.
- Use your SAP S/4HANA journey to consolidate financial activities, standardize data with Universal Journal, and lay the foundation for AI-enabled forecasting and anomaly detection.
- Accelerate the shift from efficiency to automation in the financial close, including practical steps toward a continuous close powered by orchestration and close automation tools.
- Overcome the top barriers to AI adoption in finance—organizational complexity, security and privacy concerns, and competing priorities—through focused pilots, governance, and change management.
Jan 7, 2026
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The Office of the SAP CFO and the Future of FinanceSAP CFO organizations are at a turning point. Our latest benchmark study of 110 SAP-centric enterprises reveals how finance leaders are modernizing their core, automating the close, and leveraging AI to move from transactional efficiency to strategic intelligence.
The Office of the CFO is evolving from a compliance-driven function into a strategic co-pilot for the enterprise. SAPinsider’s 2025 research shows that 54% of organizations have migrated core financial activities to SAP S/4HANA, creating the digital backbone for automation and AI. Yet only 17% report fully integrated finance systems, leaving most stuck at “Level 3 – Established” maturity. This plateau limits agility and slows transformation. CFOs face mounting pressure from regulatory complexity and cybersecurity risks, while internal demands for efficiency and performance drive a shift toward automation and real-time insights.
Modernization isn’t optional. 47% of organizations now prioritize automating the financial close, and leaders achieving 1–3 day close (just 5% today) gain a decisive competitive advantage in agility and decision-making. AI adoption is accelerating, 69% of respondents use AI in finance, primarily for forecasting and anomaly detection. Those leveraging AI report faster cycle times and less manual effort, freeing capacity for strategic planning. The report provides actionable recommendations for CFOs at every maturity level, from fixing data foundations to piloting agentic AI and moving toward autonomous finance.
Download the full report to benchmark your SAP CFO transformation and learn how to accelerate modernization.
Dec 31, 2025
•2 minute read
Crave InfoTech: Driving Innovation in SAP and Cloud ModernizationDiscover how Crave InfoTech empowers enterprises to modernize SAP landscapes, streamline integrations, and unlock digital transformation. This video highlights our expertise, solutions, and success stories that help businesses achieve agility, compliance, and measurable results.
Sep 28, 2025
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Fortifying the Digital Core with a Data-Centric Security FrameworkOrganizations are harnessing technology like AI and cloud computing to create a 'digital core' for real-time insights and operational agility, but must simultaneously implement Zero Trust Data-Centric Security to protect sensitive data and enhance competitiveness.
Nov 8, 2024
•6 minute read
Redefining Identity Governance with XitingXiting's cloud-based Identity Governance and Administration solution, the Xiting Security Platform (XSP), offers a comprehensive approach to managing user identities and access across SAP and non-SAP applications, enhancing security, compliance, and operational efficiency through features like User Lifecycle Management, Compliant Provisioning, and Access Governance.
Sep 4, 2024
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How Boeing Adopts Zero Trust Data-Centric Security with NextLabsSecuring data for organizations with a global workforce is a complex challenge, especially with the dynamic nature of data flows in ERP systems. Traditional static or role-based access controls often lead to excessive permissions, poor user experience, and leave critical data vulnerable. To address these issues, organizations need to adopt a more proactive, dynamic approach like NextLabs Zero Trust Data-Centric Security. This strategy combines zero trust principles with data-centric security to enforce least privilege access, ensuring that only authorized users can access sensitive data. By leveraging a unified policy platform and real-time Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), this approach enhances data protection, simplifies security management, and ensures regulatory compliance while enabling secure collaboration across all environments.
Aug 9, 2024
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A Cyber Risk Framework for the S4 JourneyOrganizations are heading into an unknown territory where both the technology platform they secure and threats to those platforms are getting more complex. Operational, Technology, and Compliance drivers introduce complexity even as customers expect companies to protect their data better. The cyber risk for the SAP solutions is a journey and should follow a maturity model aligned to your corporate risk appetite and enterprise solutions. Unlike SAP’s other tools that can be utilized with your existing organization, Deloitte works with the clients to appropriately leverage existing enterprise solutions to empower a seamless solution.
In this session, Kevin Heckel, Managing Director at Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory, and Tyler Lewis, Principal at Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory, will discuss Deloitte's perspective of the cyber domains to secure data, applications, and platform, including cyber governance, application security, data privacy and protection, controls and compliance, identity and access management, infrastructure security, operational security, and monitoring and response.
Attend this session to:
Learn to drive business value by enabling digital transformation
-Get a high-level understanding and be able to discuss cyber risk domains impacted by the S4 journey
-Understand how to implement cyber capabilities with industry-leading practices, and increase the cost-efficiency of cyber functions without sacrificing outcomes
-Know how to detect and respond to breaches and security incidents to enable a safe and secured user experience
Mar 23, 2021
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Events
SAPinsider Summit New Orleans 2026New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
SAPinsider Summit Chicago 2026Chicago, IL
SAPinsider Copenhagen 2026Copenhagen, Denmark
Mastering SAP Collaborate, an SAP TechEd on Tour eventSydney, New South Wales, Australia
