SAP Access Control


What is SAP Access Control?

Improper access is a major security threat to SAP and other enterprise systems. The issue only gets worse as employees increasingly access their relevant applications remotely and on varying, often personal, devices. The goal of SAP Access Control is to ensure the right people are using the right software from the right device. It also helps track access information in case it needs to be reported later for compliance purposes or assessed for risk.

SAP Access Control’s key functions include:

  • Risk analysis
  • User provisioning
  • Monitoring privileges
  • Certifying authorizations
  • Integration with enterprise systems
  • Role definition and maintenance

Key SAP Access Control Considerations for SAPinsiders

What is SAP Access Control?

Improper access is a major security threat to SAP and other enterprise systems. The issue only gets worse as employees increasingly access their relevant applications remotely and on varying, often personal, devices. The goal of SAP Access Control is to ensure the right people are using the right software from the right device. It also helps track access information in case it needs to be reported later for compliance purposes or assessed for risk.

SAP Access Control’s key functions include:

  • Risk analysis
  • User provisioning
  • Monitoring privileges
  • Certifying authorizations
  • Integration with enterprise systems
  • Role definition and maintenance

Key SAP Access Control Considerations for SAPinsiders

  • Quantify how improving user access and identity management impacts the bottom line. Most governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) organizations surveyed for our recent User Access and Identity Management for SAP S/4HANA report are facing budget constraints. That can make it hard to invest in software like SAP Access Control, but you can build the business case by finding those areas where unauthorized access can be costly. Added costs can come from cyberattacks, fraud, compliance-related fines, and rework to address audit issues. The cybersecurity threats are real — over a quarter of respondents noted having an access-related security breach in our April 2021 Securing the SAP Landscape Against Cyber Threats report.
  • Audit your user access landscape. First, gain an understanding of which users are accessing which systems and why. Then, survey your users and identify which roles need which systems. These steps can help you be more efficient in integrating your access across your technology footprint.
  • Integrate user access and identity management across your technology stack as part of your migration. Respondents to our latest User Access and Identity Management survey who worked for leading organizations were much more likely to integrate user access and identity management as part of digital transformation and integrate identity management across their heterogeneous application landscapes. These actions can help you optimize investment in software like SAP Access Control and create a holistic user access and identity management strategy.
  • Centralize user access and identity processes to maximize your next technology investment. Centralizing user access and identity management can provide benefits that reduce risk, enable compliance, and make securing your systems easier. However, you must first unify the process by which you identify users and grant access to systems, no matter the business area or solution. That will make any technological investment more valuable when implemented.

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  1. User Access and Identity Management for SAP S/4HANA Benchmark Report

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    In This Report: Access management often comes about through necessity rather than planning. Organizations today use a portfolio of systems that not all employees are authorized to use, so proper access management is critical. With cloud systems and remote work on the rise and increasing threats that seek to steal employee access, a more comprehensive…...…
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  5. How to Implement SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance

    You’ve heard of the SAP Identity and Access Governance (IAG) cloud version—but do you know how this cloud version could be implemented into your existing environment? This presentation will walk you through SAP IAG implementation, from covering key requirements for on-premise and cloud environments to planning for connections to ABAP and cloud applications. You will…
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    Most SAP customers have invested significantly in their on-premise landscape, including a high level of compliance and governance thanks to identity access management and governance solutions. But what happens to all of these solutions once you move to the cloud and need to manage access across the landscape all at the same time? In this…
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    Modern enterprise solutions in the cloud-based system on a microservices architecture requires not only access protection with strong means of authentication but also the capabilities to protect subsequent app-to-service communication. Attend this session to: - Learn about recent innovations in the SAP Cloud Identity Services for multi-factor authentication based on FIDO2 - Explore FIDO2 -…
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    Being on the “latest and greatest” version of the GRC technology does not always mean that your GRC rule set or mitigations are current and accurate for your business. How can you be sure that your controls and processes are up to date, accurate, and reflective of compliance standards? In this session we will explore…
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    As more organizations operate in a remote work environment, effectively controlling access to corporate resources becomes imperative. Automated identity and access management (IAM) along with strategic human decision-making are critical to protecting resources and data. At the same time, IAM automation needs to be integrated into business policies and processes, advises James Roeske, CEO of…