Note the maintenance status of permissions in roles and their impact
User group can be defined as required field
Both solutions offer you the added value of centralised reporting of existing users, newly created users, and role assignments. You can also extend the integrated workflows of both solutions to HANA permission applications. This enables you to use the risk analysis of the SAP Access Control solution also in relation to critical HANA permissions.
When considering the security of SAP transport landscapes, it is not only the production system that is relevant for auditing. The other systems, including the development systems, must also be included in the risk considerations. The SAP_ALL profile is still frequently used there instead of concrete roles. This article identifies the main risk areas.
Unclear responsibilities, especially between business and IT
The SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP 7.31 changed the way the transaction SU25 works, especially from step 2a to the automatic suggestion value matching with SAP values. Now, this compares which records have been updated using time stamps. This makes it possible to run Step 2a separately for software components installed afterwards. Another advantage is that the objects to be edited can be better identified due to the time stamp. Before SAP NetWeaver 7.31, the applications to be matched for step 2a have been registered with their base release versions, which you can see in the USOB_MOD or TCODE_MOD tables.
For this very reason, there is a solution to automate the checking of authorizations with regard to critical authorizations and segregation of duties by means of tool support. This gives the authorization administrators more time to correct any errors that occur instead of having to search for them first.
For the assignment of existing roles, regular authorization workflows require a certain minimum of turnaround time, and not every approver is available at every go-live. With "Shortcut for SAP systems" you have options to assign urgently needed authorizations anyway and to additionally secure your go-live.
During preparation, it is therefore necessary to check whether the process has been carried out in accordance with the internal specifications, but also in accordance with possible suggestions for optimization made by the auditor, and whether all the evidence is stored ready to hand for the auditor.
The extent to which the use of authorization tools makes sense depends on the size of a company.