The hidden costs of outdated SAP role models and what to do about it
In the ever changing SAP landscape, maintaining an outdated SAP role design can be more costly than you might think. In this blog post, we explore the hidden costs of outdated SAP role models and the real-world challenges they present. We'll delve into specific problems caused by legacy designs and introduce you to what we consider to be effective solutions to these problems. If you're responsible for SAP security in your organisation, read on to discover how you can unlock your best possible role model and boost your company's efficiency and security.
Specific problems caused by outdated role design
As businesses adapt to changing SAP technologies and ways of working, outdated role models within SAP systems can hinder progress. Legacy role designs, once functional, have become reminders of a once efficient user access management process. Some of the issues we see associated with outdated role design include:
Access Bottlenecks: Outdated role models result in sluggish access approvals and a need for time-consuming development to provide access. This not only wastes valuable time but also hampers productivity and efficiency.
Compliance Issues: Static roles and profiles struggle to keep pace with evolving regulations, exposing organisations to compliance risks, which can result in substantial fines and reputational damage.
Security Vulnerabilities: Outdated role models unintentionally open doors to unauthorised access as they become outdated, creating security vulnerabilities that may lead to data breaches and a breach of trust.
Resource Spend: Managing outdated role models often requires substantial manual effort, diverting valuable time and resources away from strategic tasks and indeed end up costing more than it should.
How Pumpkin sees its role as a SAP security specialist in making your SAP system deliver it’s ROI
We’re seasoned SAP security consultants who’ve been around the block once or twice, our mission is twofold:
Help you understand the depth of these problems
Guide you toward effective solutions. It’s important to first diagnose what we’re trying to fix before we jump headlong into solutions.
One of our measures of success after we’ve helped clients implement new role designs is how much the new role model goes unnoticed after go-live. We’re at our happiest when no-one’s talking about SAP security in the aftermath of a project.
In the case of role re-design, our focus is understanding what the problem is that a new design needs to resolve. Our solutions are therefore problem oriented so you know that the new role design that’s deployed is a direct response to your business challenges with lessons learnt from what wasn’t working incorporated.
We couldn’t be any clearer in our thinking that whilst there is always best practice to follow, there is no such thing as a one size fits all approach to good role design.
At Pumpkin, we execute transformation projects with you. We love modernising a SAP security strategy, replacing outdated role models with dynamic and efficient alternatives, and helping deliver a competitive edge for your company.
It all starts with acknowledging business problems and real world impacts.
Join us in our mission to unlock your organisation's best possible role model with all the benefits that will provide. If any of this resonates and you know you need to do something with your role design, get in touch for a chat. The button just below makes that easy.
