GDPR is Coming

Lately, I have received a flood of calls regarding GDPR asking why we have not published anything on the subject yet. The latest call was from a senior consultant in one of the Big-4 firms asking what Xpandion’s stance is…

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility – The Life of a SAP Authorization Manager

When you are a SAP security person, responsible for managing access control for all employees in the organization, you hold a very powerful position. In comparison to programmers who have a lot of control over their specific work, the authorization…

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Increase User Satisfaction! Integrate SAP Security and SoD in your Self-Service Portals

In the past couple of years Xpandion has been involved in creating and integrating self- service user portals. Customers either wanted to use Xpandion’s self-service user portals, or they needed integration between ProfileTailor Dynamics’ portal and their own user portal.…

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SU01 – Be Smart When Copying Users

You Can Continue to Copy Users in SU01, but be Smart about it! How does your organization create user accounts for new employees? How do you grant authorizations? Most organizations use the method of copying an existing user account, slap…

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Emergency Access at 2am? Don’t Wake Me Up, Please!

There’s a tricky little process with an innocent-sounding name, and it’s something that goes on in your organization far more frequently than you’d imagine. Can you guess what it is? It’s called “IT Access” (AKA “Emergency Access”) – and auditors…

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How to Eliminate “Deceiving” Authorization Roles

If your organization has run an SAP system for three years or more, you probably suffer from what we like to refer to as “Deceiving Authorization Roles syndrome.”Whether you’re familiar with this pesky problem or not, maintaining authorization roles for…

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3 Easy Ways to Prepare for the Event of Employee Leave

“Leaving us so soon, Mr. Solo?” This famous quote might sound good in the movies, but in a business environment, the event of an employee leaving your company can cause some serious security issues if not treated properly. Let’s talk…

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