Every organization running SAP systems operates within a high-risk security landscape—one where the difference between controlled access and a security breach can be a single misconfigured permission. Business leaders struggle to manage user roles, prevent unauthorized access, and meet compliance regulations without slowing down operations. In fact, SAP-targeted ransomware attacks have surged by 400%, and unpatched vulnerabilities remain one of the biggest entry points for cyber threats.
The problem? Traditional access management fails to provide the control, visibility, and automation needed to secure SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, Concur, and other integrated platforms. Diligent User Access Shield (UAS) is a definitive solution that enables businesses to go beyond manual governance, automating role assignments, Segregation of Duties (SoD) monitoring, compliance tracking, and critical transaction controls.
With real-time analytics, risk detection, and seamless SAP integration, UAS helps organizations achieve security, compliance, and operational efficiency without the complexity of outdated access management processes. Find out how!
The SAP Access Governance Problem: Why Traditional Methods Fail
Many enterprises assume their SAP access controls are secure enough—until a compliance audit exposes SoD conflicts, unauthorized access, or over-provisioned user roles. The reality is that traditional methods create more risk than they mitigate.
Here’s why:
- Fragmented Access Controls: Most SAP landscapes span multiple applications, but access is often managed in silos, leading to gaps in security oversight.
- SoD Violations Go Unchecked: Without automated conflict detection, users may unknowingly (or intentionally) gain conflicting roles that enable fraudulent transactions.
- Manual Audits Are Inefficient & Inaccurate: Businesses waste hours on reactive audits instead of proactively preventing risks.
- Compliance Complexity is Rising: Regulations like SOX, GDPR, and ISO 27001 demand continuous monitoring and reporting, which traditional methods struggle to provide.
- Over-Privileged Accounts Increase Security Risks: Users often accumulate unnecessary permissions, making them high-value targets for cyber threats.
These challenges highlight one undeniable truth: legacy access management systems can’t keep up with today’s security and compliance demands. Enterprises need a next-generation governance solution—UAS by Diligent Global!
What is Diligent User Access Shield (UAS)?
Diligent User Access Shield (UAS) is a modern, access governance platform built on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to centralize, automate, and enforce access policies across the SAP landscape.
UAS eliminates the guesswork and inefficiencies of manual governance by providing end-to-end visibility into user roles, permissions, and activities, ensuring:
- Automated provisioning & role assignments for accurate user access control.
- Real-time SoD monitoring & conflict resolution to prevent unauthorized transactions.
- Dynamic access governance that adjusts privileges based on time, location, and event triggers.
- Predefined & customizable compliance reporting to meet SOX, GDPR, and ISO 27001 requirements.
Core Capabilities of User Access Shield: Reinventing SAP Security
SAP security is not just about granting or restricting access; it’s about ensuring the right users have the right access at the right time.
Presenting Diligent User Access Shield, that delivers a comprehensive suite of governance features designed to automate, monitor, and enforce SAP security policies across SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, Concur, SAC, and other SAP applications.
Here’s how UAS transforms SAP access governance:
- User Provisioning
Incorrect user access assignments lead to security vulnerabilities and compliance violations. UAS ensures secure, structured, and role-aligned access assignments from the moment a user joins an organization.- New users are assigned predefined roles based on their job functions.
- SAP user creation adheres to Functional User Experience (FUE) compliance.
- User provisioning, modification, and deprovisioning follow approval-based workflows.
- Segregation of Duties (SoD) Rule Definition & Automated Conflict Detection
A major compliance challenge for enterprises is ensuring users don’t accumulate conflicting permissions. UAS mitigates SoD risks by:- Defining and enforcing SoD rules through a centralized rule repository.
- Detecting SoD conflicts in real time, preventing unauthorized access combinations.
- Allowing import/export of SoD rule sets, ensuring flexible governance.
- Applying SoD rules across user-role matrices to prevent fraudulent activities.
- User Access Review
Manual access reviews are slow and error-prone, often leaving businesses exposed to outdated permissions. UAS:- Automates periodic user access reviews, ensuring that only relevant users have access.
- Documents and tracks approvals, creating a compliance-ready audit trail.
- Uses workflow-based review processes, reducing IT overhead.
- Critical Transaction & Master Data Control
Certain SAP transactions—financial postings, purchase approvals, payroll processing, and vendor master data modifications—are high-risk and must be tightly controlled. UAS prevents unauthorized access by:- Defining critical transaction policies to prevent unauthorized execution.
- Monitoring and reporting high-impact transactions through real-time dashboards.
- Restricting sensitive master data changes, mitigating fraud risks.
- Reporting & Analytics
SAP governance requires continuous visibility into user access patterns and security risks. UAS enhances decision-making with:- Predefined reports & dashboards that track user access violations, SoD conflicts, and compliance risks.
- Customizable reporting capabilities to generate organization-specific security insights.
- AI-driven insights organizations can proactively detect anomaly detection, and identify unusual access behavior.
- Configuration Management
Managing SAP configurations is complex, but UAS simplifies it by:- Automating configuration dependency tracking, ensuring security consistency.
- Lifecycle management for access policies, preventing outdated security settings.
- Dynamic Role Assignment & Conditional Access Controls
Traditional role assignments lack flexibility, leading to excessive access rights or workflow bottlenecks. UAS solves this with:- Time-based access: Temporary elevated permissions for specific tasks.
- Location-based access: Restricting access based on geographical regions.
- Event-triggered access: Granting or revoking access based on business workflows.
The Competitive Edge: Why Enterprises Gain Strategic Advantage with UAS
SAP access management shouldn’t be reactive—it should prevent risks before they happen. With Diligent UAS, enterprises no longer need to choose between security, compliance, and efficiency; they can achieve all three in a single, intelligent access governance solution. The following are reasons why enterprises are switching to UAS:
- Strengthened Security with Proactive Governance
- Prevents unauthorized access through real-time monitoring & SoD conflict resolution.
- Reduces insider threats by enforcing least-privilege access policies.
- Secures high-risk transactions by restricting critical SAP functions.
- Audit-Ready Compliance & Risk Reduction
- Automates compliance tracking for SOX, GDPR, and ISO 27001, eliminating manual audit inefficiencies.
- Provides structured access reviews, ensuring business-wide policy enforcement.
- Operational Efficiency & Cost Savings
- Eliminates manual provisioning delays, ensuring employees gain appropriate access immediately.
- Reduces IT workload by automating user role assignments & access reviews.
- Minimizes audit preparation time, cutting compliance-related operational costs.
- Scalable & Future-Proof SAP Governance
- Seamlessly integrates across SAP applications, ensuring centralized access control.
- Supports business growth with a cloud-based architecture, allowing for scalable governance.
- Adapts to evolving business needs with dynamic role assignment & event-triggered access management.
Take Control of SAP Security with User Access Shield
SAP security risks aren’t future problems—they’re happening now. Over-privileged users, unauthorized access, and compliance failures can quickly escalate into audit penalties, financial losses, and reputational damage. But enterprises don’t have to operate in reactive mode.
With Diligent User Access Shield, organizations eliminate access risks, automate compliance, and achieve full control over SAP security. The result—Stronger governance, reduced costs, and absolute peace of mind.
It’s time to rethink how SAP security is managed. Book a free demo and experience how UAS transforms access governance, risk management, and compliance in one powerful platform.
FAQs:
- How does UAS enhance SAP security and compliance?
UAS automates user access governance, enforces SoD policies, and prevents unauthorized access. It provides real-time risk detection, compliance tracking, and centralized control across SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, Concur, and more, ensuring adherence to SOX, GDPR, and ISO 27001. - What makes UAS different from traditional access management?
Unlike manual, fragmented governance, UAS automates role provisioning, enforces dynamic SoD rules, and offers risk insights. Its SAP BTP-native integration ensures scalability, security, and efficiency with reduced IT overhead. - How does UAS streamline user provisioning?
UAS automates role assignments based on predefined policies, ensuring FUE compliance. Its workflow-driven approvals eliminate provisioning errors, reducing IT workload and preventing excessive access. - Can UAS prevent fraudulent SAP transactions?
Yes. UAS restricts access to critical SAP functions, detects anomalous activities, and enforces custom transaction controls to mitigate fraud, data manipulation, and financial risks. - How does UAS simplify compliance audits?
UAS automates access reviews, generates audit-ready reports, and provides real-time dashboards. With SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) integration, it reduces audit preparation time and ensures continuous compliance.
