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The underlying challenge and its associated costs

Role sprawl & over-provisioning

Users accumulate access across projects and releases. Result: audit findings, Segregation of Duties (SoD) risk, and higher blast radius. 

Slow, friction filled onboarding

Manual user creation and inconsistent role assignment stall productivity and invite errors.

Opaque access & audit fatigue

It’s hard to answer “who can do what, where, and why?” - especially under tight audit timelines. 

Upgrade drift

Quarterly releases change catalogs, restrictions, and templates - quietly breaking compliance and user experience.

Integration & connectivity risk

Basic auth, misscoped comm users, and adhoc arrangements increase exposure between SAP and external systems.

Limited visibility into authorization failures

Troubleshooting access issues takes too long without targeted traces and clear evidence. 

Inconsistent UX & adoption

Crowded launchpads and inconsistent spaces/pages increase training cost and support load. 

Solutions included in the Executive Manual 

Tight, role based access (Least privilege)

Model access with business roles and business catalogs, then refine via read/ write/ value help restrictions and leading restrictions.

Outcome: shrinks attack surface; SoD friendly by design. 

Streamlined identity & lifecycle

Orchestrate manage workforce + maintain business users. Integrate corporate IdP via SAP Cloud Identity Services (IAS). 

Outcome: faster onboarding, policy driven authentication (incl. MFA), cleaner exits. 

Operational governance, not guess work

Use IAM Information System & IAM Key Figures for role usage, unmaintained restrictions, and “unrestricted” hot spots. 

Outcome: realtime risk posture, auditready evidence. 

Release proof role management

Control change with software collections and manage business role changes after upgrade (handle deprecations, dependencies, and restriction updates). 

Outcome: fewer surprises; compliant role evolution through Dev → Test → Prod. 

Secure connectivity by design

Define communication users, systems, scenarios, and arrangements with leastprivilege scopes and certificate options. 

Outcome: tighter systemtosystem trust boundaries. 

Faster, fact based troubleshooting

Run authorization traces to pinpoint missing permissions without overgranting. 

Outcome: resolve incidents quickly and safely. 

Adoption ready UX structure

Govern spaces & pages for rolealigned layouts; use role/user groups to scale assignment. 

Outcome: cleaner launchpads, lower training overhead. 

How it works - process flow & connectivity

  • Access governance flow

    The access governance process begins by modeling roles and catalogs to define clear access structures. Next, access is restricted using leading fields (such as Company Code) to ensure users only see what’s relevant. Users are then assigned to these roles, followed by validation through IAM reports to confirm compliance and spot risks. Once validated, roles and changes are transported via software collections to maintain consistency across environments. Ongoing monitoring and tracing help detect issues and maintain security. Finally, after upgrades, roles and restrictions are adapted to ensure continued compliance and operational stability.

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  • Connectivity flow

    End users authenticate through Identity Authentication Services (IAS), which securely connects them to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. Integrated systems communicate via scoped, authenticated, and logged communication arrangements, ensuring that all connections are secure, traceable, and compliant with governance requirements.

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About the Executive Manual

  • Key takeaways

    • A repeatable blueprint for leastprivilege design in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 
    • A step by step lifecycle model for users, roles, and UX layouts 
    • A governance toolkit (reports, key figures, traces) to stay auditready 
    • A release management approach to survive upgrades without rework 
    • A connectivity pattern for secure, certificatebacked integrations 

    A concise, nontechnical guide for leaders to secure SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition - covering role design, IAM governance, troubleshooting, transports, and integration. 

    • Format: PDF
    • What’s inside: process flows, governance checkpoints, upgrade playbook 
    • Why now: reduce risk before the next audit and release cycle 

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  • Who is this designed for?

    • CISOs & CIOs seeking verifiable control without slowing the business 
    • SAP Security & Basis Leads standardizing controls across tenants 
    • Internal Audit & Compliance teams needing transparent evidence trails 
    • IT Operations/AMS leaders running Dev/Test/Prod with clean transports 

    A concise, nontechnical guide for leaders to secure SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition—covering role design, IAM governance, troubleshooting, transports, and integration. 

    • Format: PDF
    • What’s inside: process flows, governance checkpoints, upgrade playbook 
    • Why now: reduce risk before the next audit and release cycle 

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Measurable outcomes

  1. Risk reduction: minimize overprovisioning; isolate integration trust. 
  2. Operational efficiency: faster onboarding/changes via mass actions and templates. 
  3. Audit readiness: evidence on demand (who has what and why). 
  4. Upgrade resilience: predictable changes; governed adoption of catalog updates. 
  5. User productivity: rolealigned Launchpads reduce clicks and tickets. 

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