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- 3 Best Practices for Reporting GRC Issues to SAP GRC Support
by Jayne Gibbon, Director of GRC Support, SAP
See the best ways to communicate your GRC support issues with the SAP GRC Support team, including what information to present and how to present it.
- 6 Tips for Improving Reporting Governance
by Anurag Barua, Senior Manager (September 2009)
Make sure your reporting is accurate by following these six surefire tips for reporting governance.
- A Checklist for an SAP Solution Manager System Audit
by Anurag Barua, Senior Manager (April 2009)
SAP Solution Manager's features make it a challenging candidate for a system audit and review. Use this matrix to establish your approach to auditing SAP Solution Manager.
- A Checklist for Developing Your Global Template
by Sameer Page, Program Manager (March 2009)
Discover the components of a global template and the advantages of implementing it across an enterprise.
- Best Practices for Secure Programming in SAP NetWeaver
by Kehinde Eseyin, Systems Support Manager, TOTAL Nigeria PLC, Nigeria (August 2009)
Review best practices that you should employ in application development with particular emphasis on the functionalities available in SAP NetWeaver that guarantee secure programming.
- Build and Implement a Rock-Solid Compliance Framework for Your IFRS Conversion Project
by Kehinde Eseyin, Systems Support Manager, TOTAL Nigeria PLC, Nigeria (July 2009)
Many countries already operate under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), while the US, among other countries, may be joining the fray. To simplify the conversion from your local reporting standard to IFRS and better manage the associated compliance risk, organizations must adopt strategies and best practices based on a proven compliance framework.
- Combat Chaos with a Lock-Down Security Policy in 12 Key Areas of Your SAP Environment
by Kehinde Eseyin, Systems Support Manager, TOTAL Nigeria PLC, Nigeria (June 2009)
Security policies and procedures should be a central concern of all employees of an organization. Review important areas of the SAP ERP system that has to be driven by effective security policies.
- Combine SAP Strategy Management and GRC Risk Management for Risk-Intelligent Strategic Execution
by Dr. Karol Bliznak, SAP AG
In most organizations, strategic management and risk management are completely separate processes. As a result, it’s often difficult to track strategic goals over time while assessing the risks that might affect strategic initiatives. With an integrated approach to strategy and risk management, you can ensure that business owners are focusing on the right initiatives both to drive execution of strategy and manage risk.
- Configure and Implement the Proper Internal Controls Up Front for an Easier Audit
by Steve Biskie,
Founder,
SAPAuditSolutions.com (December
2008)
Having to go back and change your SAP system or your related business processes to deal with audit concerns takes time away from your daily operations and results in unnecessary distractions. By configuring your SAP system appropriately and designing your related business processes to effectively address your business risks, you can save significant effort. This article provides an overview of how to set up your SAP system properly the first time. Learn how understanding common business risks and typical audit concerns and carefully managing the SAP implementation process to account for these risks and concerns can eliminate nearly 90% of all audit findings.
- Create and Monitor a Risk-Adjusted Strategy for the Post-Crisis Economy
by William Newman, Managing Principal, Newport Consulting Group (January 2010)
As part of its positioning for the corporate boardroom set of enterprise performance management applications, SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management enables decision makers to access what is happening in real time in the organization, while leveraging any existing back-office enterprise software investments. Learn how to address risk in the development of go-forward strategies in the post-crisis economy through the features available in SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management.
- IFRS Adoption for US Companies: A Primer
by Anurag Barua, Senior Manager (July 2009)
Worried about the impending US conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? See some quick hints about things you should know and places you can look for information as the landscape changes.
- Implement 5 Key Controls to Mitigate Risk in Your Financial Closing Process
by Anurag Barua,
Senior Manager
See five scenarios that commonly produce risk — and how to address them with configuration.
- Make Your Dashboards Secure: Strategies and Options
by Anurag Barua, Senior Manager (December 2009)
While there is widespread recognition of the value that dashboards generate, there is also an incipient apprehension that they are not secure. Walk through some ways you can validate the security in dashboards using Xcelsius as an example, while maintaining the user-friendliness that is expected in a dashboard.
- Optimize Data Management in All Phases of Your SAP Implementation
by Gerry Miller, Retired Principal, Darwin Deano, Senior Manager, and Lindsey Berckman, Consultant, Deloitte Consulting LLP (June 2010)
Poor data management can lead to many problems, from incorrect data, to a lack of integration, to bad analysis. Learn ways an effective data management strategy can help you in your efforts to optimize your system’s performance while increasing your compliance and reducing cost.
- Quick Tip: 10 Best Practices for Developing and Implementing SAP Security Policies
by Kehinde Eseyin, Systems Support Manager, TOTAL Nigeria PLC, Nigeria (June 2009)
There are good and bad ways of setting up a security policy in your organization. See 10 areas that deserve consideration when making your policy.
- Quick Tip: 3 Ways to Save Money While Improving Your GRC Processes
by Francine McKenna, President, McKenna Partners, LLC
See three GRC initiatives your company can use to ensure quick, efficient responses to legal requirements.
- Quick Tip: 4 Tips to Reduce Hardware Costs by Making Your Processors More Sustainable
by Judith M. Myerson (July 2010)
Achieving hardware sustainability is about reducing energy use. See how to do this by improving processor performance and process improvements.
- Quick Tip: Improve Project Governance with a RACI Matrix
by Anurag Barua, Senior Manager
See how to construct a matrix that governs responsibilities in your organization.
- Sidestep Disasters with a Business Continuity Plan
by Judith M. Myerson, President/Owner (October 2009)
You need to have a plan in place if a risk assessment shows that the likelihood of an emergency event (e.g., severe storms or earthquakes) occurring is high. A business continuity plan allows an organization to minimize the consequences of a disaster and continue normal business functions afterward.
- The Missing Link: Compliance at the Code Level
by Markus Schumacher, Software Security Expert, Sebastian Schinzel, Security Consultant, and Andreas Wiegenstein, CTO, Virtual
Forge
Establishing security processes, developer training, and tools right from day one of development projects leads to initially higher investments. However, the savings resulting from lower cost for corrections and lower risk for cyber attacks in the final product are going to outweigh the initial investments substantially. See some examples of insecure code issues and some ways you can solve GRC problems at the code level.
- Use SAP solutions for GRC as the Cornerstone for a Product Compliance Framework
by William Newman, Managing Principal, Newport Consulting Group
See how to leverage the governance structures inside SAP solutions for GRC for product compliance.
- When Is Role-Based Risk Control the Best Security Strategy?
by Thomas Tsan, Owner, TK Consultants, Inc. (January 2009)
Simplify user provisioning by using a role-based risk control strategy and a four-tier architecture model that weighs the importance of different kinds of roles.
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