SAP Solution: Sivis

SAP's authorization concept has been a challenge for the SAP Basis team since the beginning, because it has to be done quickly at the beginning of customizing and downstream no one wants to maintain the roles and authorizations.

Meeting customer demand Sivis has acquired Danish identity and access management software company 2ndC. 2ndC is a cloud software provider with a strong foothold in identity and access management. For more than 25 years, 2ndC has supported its customers regarding the user lifecycle and control of identity and access management with the 2ndC Compliance Suite, which is built on a standardized Microsoft platform. Also...

Authorization and license management within the SAP cosmos is a sensitive issue for many companies. SAP authorization concepts are indispensable for company-wide compliance and IT security.

SAP licensing options and costs change regularly. It's no wonder that those responsible lose track of the situation and incur additional costs. Currently, Rise, DAAP and licensing by entitlement are hotly debated.

There is no such thing as one SAP licensing; everyone has different types and combinations. This quickly becomes confusing - and can also be expensive. It is therefore important to avoid major blunders. Here are the five most common mistakes.

The definition and assignment of roles and authorizations is crucial for ERP systems, as they allow companies to define and implement user access rights in processes and workflows.

Someone has forgotten their password. Or a new hire needs an account. In general, SAP support teams concern themselves with tickets about access management, rights and accounts.

Companies have been busy implementing SAP since 1999. One of the challenges at the time was the role structure. Authorization management was a book with seven seals.

Data protection and compliance - these two topics are currently dominating one of the many debates about SAP applications. They are not only a major topic within the company, but also a central yardstick in the annual audit.

Sivis will be 20 years old in 2019: Not only have the requirements for SAP authorization management changed significantly since then - the software house from Karlsruhe is also planning to enter international markets. Managing Directors Kai Bounin and Bernd Israel explain the strategy for this.

Sivis and Voquz combine their know-how and enable their customers to handle SAP authorizations more easily.

The existing authorization concept has grown historically over the years with overloaded roles and non-transparent assignments.