SAP Role Risk Analysis

SAP ROLE RISK ANALYSIS

Understand SAP role risk
before it becomes a problem.

SAP roles can contain combinations of access that create security, compliance and segregation-of-duties risks. SimpAudit helps teams identify and understand these risks through structured role analysis.

Review role-based risk, identify high-risk authorizations and prioritize findings before risky access is assigned broadly.

SimpAudit is developed by BSC Global

SAP role risk analysis
ROLE RISK Role Analysis Access · SoD · Authorizations
SAP ROLE SECURITY

See the risks hidden inside
your SAP roles.

A role can provide users with access to important SAP functions and transactions. When access combinations are not reviewed carefully, roles can introduce excessive privileges or segregation-of-duties conflicts.

SimpAudit helps security and audit teams analyze roles, understand associated risk and prioritize the findings that require attention.

ROLE ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES

SAP Role Risk Analysis for Security & Compliance

SAP role risk analysis helps security, audit and compliance teams understand how role authorizations can create access and segregation-of-duties risks. Reviewing role-level exposure helps teams identify sensitive permissions, prioritize risky roles and support remediation before inappropriate access becomes a larger security or compliance issue.

02

SoD Conflict Analysis

Identify segregation-of-duties conflicts created by combinations of access within roles.

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03

High-Risk Authorizations

Review powerful or sensitive authorizations that may increase the risk associated with a role.

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SAP security team reviewing access and role information
ROLE RISK VISIBILITY

Get a clearer view of
SAP role risk.

A role may look appropriate when reviewed individually, while combinations of authorizations can introduce additional exposure.

Role analysis helps teams understand which roles contain sensitive access, conflicting combinations or elevated privileges.

  • Identify role-based access risks
  • Detect segregation-of-duties conflicts
  • Review high-risk authorizations
  • Understand role-level exposure
  • Prioritize findings for investigation
  • Support role redesign and remediation
ROLE RISK ANALYSIS

Know which roles require
attention.

Not every role carries the same level of exposure. Risk analysis helps security teams understand which roles contain significant access and where further investigation should begin.

01 Identify

Find roles containing sensitive or conflicting access.

02 Understand

Understand how role authorizations contribute to risk.

03 Prioritize

Focus on roles with the highest risk indicators.

04 Remediate

Support role redesign and access remediation.

ROLE RISK PROCESS

From SAP role data
to risk insight.

Create a structured approach to reviewing roles, identifying risk and supporting security decisions.

01

Discover

Collect relevant SAP role and authorization information.

02

Analyze

Analyze role permissions, authorizations and access combinations.

03

Prioritize

Identify the roles and findings requiring further attention.

04

Remediate

Support role redesign, access reduction and remediation activities.

ROLE GOVERNANCE

Use role analysis
before access is assigned.

Role risk analysis is valuable not only during audits. Reviewing roles while they are being created or redesigned can help identify risk before access is assigned broadly.

This allows SAP security teams to address risky combinations earlier and support better access governance.

Role Creation Review risk before deployment.
Role Redesign Identify unnecessary access.
SoD Controls Identify conflicting access combinations.
Remediation Support changes to risky roles.
BUILT FOR SAP SECURITY TEAMS

One role-risk view.
Different teams.

Different teams can use role-risk information from the perspective most relevant to their work.

SAP Security

Analyze roles, authorizations and access exposure.

Internal Audit

Review role risks and supporting audit evidence.

IT Compliance

Support access controls and compliance reviews.

GRC Teams

Understand role-based risks and SoD exposure.

External Auditors

Review structured findings and risk information.

Management

Understand significant role-risk exposure.

SAP ENVIRONMENTS

Designed for modern SAP
security environments.

SimpAudit supports organizations working across SAP environments with a structured approach to role, authorization and access-risk analysis.

SAP ECC SAP S/4HANA SAP Security SAP GRC Internal Audit Compliance
SAP ROLE RISK ANALYSIS FAQ

Questions about SAP role risk analysis?

Understand how role analysis helps security, audit and compliance teams identify access risks and support better SAP role governance.

What is SAP Role Risk Analysis? +
SAP Role Risk Analysis is a structured process for reviewing SAP roles, authorizations and access combinations to identify security, compliance and Segregation of Duties risks.
What risks can SAP role analysis identify? +
Role analysis can help identify sensitive access, excessive privileges, conflicting access combinations, Segregation of Duties conflicts and other role-based access risks.
How does SimpAudit support SAP Role Risk Analysis? +
SimpAudit helps teams analyze roles, understand associated risk, review high-risk authorizations and prioritize findings that require further attention.
What is role-based risk analysis in SAP? +
Role-based risk analysis reviews SAP roles to identify access combinations and authorizations that may create security or compliance risk.
How does SAP role analysis relate to SoD? +
SAP role analysis can identify combinations of access within roles that may create Segregation of Duties conflicts and require further review.
Can role risk analysis help with role redesign? +
Yes. Reviewing role structure and access combinations during role creation or redesign can help teams identify unnecessary access and support changes to risky roles.
When should SAP roles be reviewed for risk? +
Role risk analysis can be useful during role creation, role redesign, security reviews and audit activities. Reviewing roles before access is assigned broadly can help teams identify risky combinations earlier.
Which teams can use SAP role risk information? +
SAP Security, Internal Audit, IT Compliance, GRC Teams, External Auditors and Management can use role-risk information for security, audit and compliance activities.
Which SAP environments does SimpAudit support? +
The page identifies SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Security and SAP GRC as SAP environments and areas supported by SimpAudit for role, authorization and access-risk analysis.
How can I learn more about SimpAudit? +
You can explore how SimpAudit helps teams analyze SAP roles, identify access risks and support better SAP security through the available SimpAudit demo and contact options.
SIMPAUDIT

Understand SAP role risk
before it becomes a problem.

See how SimpAudit can help your team analyze roles, identify access risks and support better SAP security.