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Effective and optimal SAP access control - how to manage SoD authorization conflicts.
Conflicts of authorization (also known as SoD - Segregation of Duties)
occur when one user (or system) has the ability to perform critical elements of core business processes that should be separated, in order to prevent fraud or error. An example would be when the same user has the ability to both create and approve payments, creating a potential fraud risk.
Effective and Optimal Control
Managing Conflicts of Authority
Dedicated SAP Solution
Improved Efficiency
Automation of Processes
Managing authorization conflicts is particularly important in a large SAP environment for several reasons:
Eliminate situations in which one person can perform activities that cannot be detected. This is done by identifying risks and distributing responsibilities among different users.
Companies are subject to various regulations (such as SOX or HIPAA) that require the implementation of appropriate internal controls, including ensuring that conflicts of authority are identified.
By ensuring that permissions are assigned in a controlled and properly monitored manner, a company can reduce the risk of data security breaches.
Systematic authority management can improve processing efficiency by automating and standardizing processes for assigning access and controlling them.
Properly managed permissions reduce the risk of errors resulting from irregularities in business processes.
Good management increases intra-organizational transparency and makes it easier to track changes in the system.
Why you should automate the process of managing SoD authorization conflicts in SAP
In distributed organizations, it is important to simplify and strengthen access management in SAP systems. This is done by providing rapid analysis of SoD authorization conflicts and risks associated with access to sensitive data. We implement Pathlock solutions, which comes with a ready-made SoD rule matrix based on standard business process steps that can be easily customized and automatically extended to include custom transactions relevant to SoD.
Reports are clear, detailed and free of false positives. It also implements a simulation process at the role and user level, supports the enforcement of countermeasures (risk mitigation and compensatory controls) and reports whether a possible conflict of authorization was actually used (based on the user's transaction history).
What steps we follow during the project:
- Analyze the current status of the entitlement and reporting system in SAP (using the provided entitlement conflict matrix)
- Adjusting the matrix with client objects and transactions
- Defining actors of the conflict management process (aprover, mitigation)
- Implementation of the first full report for users and roles
- Addressing mitigation efforts
- Design the cyclical implementation of SoD reports for audit purposes
- Reorganization of the current set of rights
What effect do we achieve:
Organizations implementing an SoD project can expect significant improvements in the process of access risk management, compliance and regulation, time savings, error reduction and increased security.
Benefits of SoD Conflict Management
up to 70%
Effective management of SoD authorisation conflicts reduces the possibility of fraud and abuse by restricting access to key functions, which can reduce the risk of fraud by up to 70%.
80%
Implementing SoD controls helps companies comply with regulatory requirements and industry standards, reducing the risk of fines and sanctions for non-compliance by 80%.
up to 30%
Improving compliance and reducing the risk of fraud through SoD's authorization conflict management leads to lower costs associated with audits and internal controls, which can result in operational cost savings of 30%.
50%
Automating the management of SoD authorization conflicts allows for faster and more efficient audits, which can reduce the time required by 50%.
Why Lukardi?
We will guide you through the change process and help you manage SAP authorizations.
Pre-implementation consultancy
Requirement analysis
Business and technical workshops
Concept preparation
SAP mapping
Implement of standard solution
Installation of SAP note
Configuration of applications, interfaces and reports
Implementation of extensions and optimizations
Testing
Documentation preparation
Hypercare post-deployment support
Pathlock Access Risk Analysis functionalities include:
- Conduct detailed entitlement risk analyses at the user and system levels,
- Using a predefined SOD matrix to easily customize rules and accommodate custom transactions,
- Generate clear and comprehensive reports that help eliminate false alarms,
- Supports simulations for roles and users to assess potential conflicts before making changes to the system,
- Support decision-making processes by reporting whether an authorization conflict has been executed based on users' historical use of the system,
- Improve compliance with federal regulations and company security policies,
- Save time and resources by providing an efficient risk analysis and authorization control process in SAP.
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