Pillar · Secure
Prepare Security for SAP Cloud ERP
Address access, governance and technical security risks before migration begins.
The challenge
Security Is Frequently Addressed Too Late in SAP Cloud ERP Programs
Legacy roles carried forward
Legacy roles copied without redesign, obsolete transactions, excessive custom roles, and new SAP Cloud ERP authorization objects reproduce old risks in the new environment.
New complexity across Fiori and processes
SAP Fiori authorization complexity, changed business processes, new SoD risks, and incomplete SAP GRC integration create access issues that legacy models never anticipated.
Late testing and unclear ownership
Unclear security ownership, delayed role testing, overlooked technical users and interfaces, security defects discovered during UAT, and insufficient preparation for cloud operating models put the go-live at risk.
When security is treated as a late technical activity, it can affect testing, cutover, compliance, and user adoption.
How we help
Comprehensive SAP Cloud ERP Security Readiness Services
Global Core Technologies helps organizations assess and prepare their security model before the transition to SAP Cloud ERP.
Current Security Assessment
We review the existing role model, analyze user assignments and role usage, evaluate SoD conflicts and critical access, and assess security processes.
Role Impact Analysis
We identify obsolete transactions, assess simplification item impact, analyze new authorization objects, evaluate changed business processes, and review custom roles and organizational levels.
SAP Fiori Security Readiness
We define the business role strategy, design catalogs and spaces, map pages and applications, and cover frontend and backend authorization requirements, OData service access, and launchpad governance.
SAP GRC Readiness
We assess connector requirements, rule set impact, SAP Cloud ERP function mapping, workflow changes, emergency access requirements, and user access review considerations.
Technical Security Readiness
We evaluate the authentication architecture, Single Sign-On readiness, RFC and interface security, technical users, logging requirements, and cloud connectivity considerations.
Security Roadmap
We define the target security architecture, role redesign strategy, testing approach, remediation priorities, resource plan, and project timeline integration.
Business benefits
Reduce Security Risk and Project Rework
Earlier Risk Identification
Discover authorization, SoD, Fiori, GRC, and technical security issues before build and testing phases.
Lower Project Risk
Integrate security activities into the transformation roadmap instead of addressing them near go-live.
Reduced Rework
Avoid copying obsolete or inappropriate roles into the new environment.
Improved User Adoption
Provide users with business-aligned access to SAP GUI and SAP Fiori applications.
Stronger Compliance
Ensure access governance and security controls remain effective after the migration.
Sustainable Security Model
Use the transformation as an opportunity to simplify roles and improve long-term governance.
Methodology
A Security-Embedded SAP Cloud ERP Readiness Framework
Our framework integrates security analysis, design, and planning into the transformation program from the start.
- 01
Discover
Understand the transformation scope, target architecture, business processes, and deployment model.
- 02
Assess
Evaluate the existing security model, access risks, GRC environment, and technical controls.
- 03
Map
Identify how SAP Cloud ERP, Fiori, integrations, and process changes affect security requirements.
- 04
Design
Define the target role model, governance processes, security architecture, and control framework.
- 05
Plan
Integrate security activities, dependencies, testing, and resources into the program roadmap.
- 06
Prepare
Resolve high-priority issues and establish the foundations required for implementation.
Engagement scenarios
Transformation Scenarios We Support
Brownfield Conversion
Assess existing roles, obsolete transactions, authorization impacts, and new SAP Cloud ERP requirements.
Greenfield Implementation
Design a new business-aligned security and role model from the beginning.
Selective Data Transition
Adapt security to a hybrid scenario involving redesigned processes and retained historical structures.
RISE with SAP
Prepare access governance, identity, privileged access, responsibilities, and controls for the cloud operating model.
SAP Fiori Adoption
Design secure access for applications, catalogs, spaces, pages, services, and backend functions.
SAP GRC Integration
Update connectors, workflows, rule sets, functions, actions, and access governance processes.
Why Global Core Technologies
Why Organizations Choose Global Core Technologies
SAP Transformation and Security Expertise
Our teams understand both SAP Cloud ERP transformation requirements and SAP security implications.
Security by Design
Security is integrated into architecture, process design, role development, testing, cutover, and operations.
Fiori and Authorization Capabilities
We support both frontend and backend authorization requirements.
Governance-Centric Approach
We define ownership, access processes, risk management, reviews, and controls for the target environment.
End-to-End Support
Global Core Technologies can continue from readiness assessment through role redesign, implementation, testing, cutover, and managed services.
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SAP Security Assessment
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SAP GRC Access Control
Implement, upgrade and optimize SAP GRC Access Control to centralize access governance, risk management and compliance, reducing access risk and improving traceability.
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Segregation of Duties Risk Analysis & Remediation
Analyze SoD conflicts, identify critical access combinations and define mitigation controls to reduce fraud exposure, audit findings and operational risk.
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SAP Role Redesign & Authorization Model
Design or redesign SAP role models for ECC, SAP Cloud ERP and Fiori, aligning business responsibilities with a sustainable, scalable and auditable access model.
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Emergency Access Management
Design and optimize emergency access processes — Firefighter, approvals, logs, reviews and audit evidence — enabling critical support while maintaining control and accountability.
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SAP Security Managed Services
Continuous SAP Security support — access administration, role maintenance, periodic controls, audit support and risk monitoring — to sustain security and reduce internal operational burden.
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Embed Security into Your SAP Cloud ERP Journey
Whether you are planning a Brownfield conversion, Greenfield implementation, RISE with SAP adoption, or SAP Fiori rollout, our experts can help ensure your security model is ready before the transformation begins.