SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance is a set of tools intended to help SAP customers streamline the management of risk and implementation of corporate controls. Recently, the vendor has also combined its cybersecruity offerings under the SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance umbrella

The importance of SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance and similar solutions has grown in recent years with the rise of cybersecurity threats, the proliferation of devices and access points, growth of cloud technology, and changing regulations.

SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance Solutions

A wide range of solutions are available for SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance. SAP partners also offer many products that provide similar functionality and are popular with SAP customers.

SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance is a set of tools intended to help SAP customers streamline the management of risk and implementation of corporate controls. Recently, the vendor has also combined its cybersecruity offerings under the SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance umbrella

The importance of SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance and similar solutions has grown in recent years with the rise of cybersecurity threats, the proliferation of devices and access points, growth of cloud technology, and changing regulations.

SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance Solutions

A wide range of solutions are available for SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance. SAP partners also offer many products that provide similar functionality and are popular with SAP customers.

  • Enterprise Risk and Compliance include products that help companies manage both internal and external organizational risk. Solutions for risk and compliance include Risk Management, Process Control, Financial Compliance Management, and Business Integrity Screening.
  • International Trade Management is designed to help companies dive deep into their potential trade partners to explore risk possibilities, as well as helping manage customs processes. Products for International Trade Management include Watch List Screening and Global Trade Services.
  • Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Privacy is an area that is new to SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance and has become vital for enterprises with increasing attacks and new regulations around data protection. Solutions in this space include Enterprise Threat Detection, Privacy Governance, and Data Custodian.
  • Identity and Access Governance is a set of tools that once was primarily based around access controls but has grown to include identity management. This is important as companies have more system touchpoints. Access needs to be consistent across applications and devices to avoid risk. Products in this area include Access Control, Cloud Identity Access Governance, Identity Management, and Single Sign-On.

Key Considerations for SAPinsiders:

SAPinsiders are finding success with SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance with SAP and its partners.

  • Finding the balance of technology and process in Role Assignment Read this analyst insight to learn the value of role assignment automation and how it is critical to access control.
    • Webinar: Enabling Digital Transformation with Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) Watch thison-demand webinar to discover how CCM is playing a pivotal role in enabling smooth, secure transitions to SAP S/4HANA.
    • Event Presentation: Avoiding common audit issues when moving to SAP S/4HANA. Watch this on-demand event presentation to discover common risk themes, proven risk mitigation strategies, and how to document control decisions for auditability during SAP S/4HANA implementation.

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  1. pathlock

    Redefining Identity Governance with Xiting

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Xiting’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.

  2. GRC sessions

    Implementing a New GRC Environment for Process Control and Efficiency

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    A global leader in food and beverage and health sectors expanded rapidly through mergers, necessitating a shift to a unified SAP GRC system, which Protiviti implemented to enhance access control and process capabilities, overcoming challenges from outdated systems and achieving significant improvements in governance and control processes.

  3. pathlock

    Finding the Missing Link for Continuous Compliance with Pathlock

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    In the past, SAP organizations relied on older identity access governance solutions across the application landscape. These solutions helped manage users, providing access to approved members of the organizations and recertifying those already in the system. Yet these point solutions can no longer keep pace with a rapidly evolving digital world and the need for…

  4. GRC Leadership budgets

    Pathlock’s Guide to Risk-Centric Identity Governance

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    The vast majority of SAPinsiders say that integrated monitoring capabilities for controls, threats, and access as either important or very important, yet fewer than 40% were using an Integrated Identity and Access Management Solution. Companies need to have a plan for how they can best mitigate the threats facing their data. The central point of…

  5. SAPinsider Research Webinar: Automating and Integrating GRC Processes 2024

    July 31, 2024

    SAPinsider examines the challenges and opportunities faced by SAP GRC teams as they strive to integrate their landscapes more tightly and leverage automation to enhance efficiencies. The complexity of global regulations and sprawling application landscapes heightens the need for visibility, making compliance a significant challenge. The report highlights how GRC teams are preparing for rapid…

  6. Best Practices when Implementing Business Role Management for SAP GRC

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    When implemented effectively, Business Roles can also be integrated into wider Identity Access Management strategies, and align with the IdAM goal of ensuring the right access is assigned to the right users through simplification and automation, based on HR actions for Joiners, Movers and Leavers

  7. What is Business-Centric GRC for SAP?

    Dudley Cartwright, CEO of Soterion talks about business-centric GRC and why it’s so important for effective access risk management in SAP. Soterion’s Business-centric solutions convert technical language into business-friendly terms, allowing business users to not only understand the risks in their area of responsibility but also facilitate quicker decision making.

  8. Soterion Corporate Video

    Soterion’s plug-and-play agile GRC offering provides immediate integration into SAP allowing you to keep up with the market while effectively managing risk. The team at Soterion understand that the world is changing more rapidly than ever before. We know that organisations are having to become more agile to stay competitive, while dealing with escalating risk,…

  9. GRC sessions

    Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

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    VisionSoft helps its clients with implementation and upgrade of SAP GRC system through implementing GRC version 10.1 and deploying CUP module to automate access request management and Process Controls.

  10. Automating and Integrating GRC Processes – Research Report 2024

    Reading time: 1 mins

    SAPinsider examines the challenges and opportunities faced by SAP GRC teams as they strive to integrate their landscapes more tightly and leverage automation to enhance efficiencies. The complexity of global regulations and sprawling application landscapes heightens the need for visibility, making compliance a significant challenge. The report highlights how GRC teams are preparing for rapid…