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Roles nobody can explain
Access grew by copying existing users. Whatever design intent existed at the start is no longer visible in the role matrix.
Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance
Access your auditor can sign off.
Role design, segregation of duties, and SAP security that holds up under review — for organisations that need to demonstrate control, not simply have it.
Opening
Roles grow. Nobody plans for it.
A role gets copied for a new starter because it is the quickest way to get them working. Temporary access is granted for a project and never revoked. A department reorganises and the old authorisations stay behind.
None of this is negligence. It is what happens when access is granted under time pressure by people trying to help colleagues do their jobs. But some years in, very few organisations can say precisely who can do what, or why.
For many, the first time this becomes visible is during an audit — which is the most expensive moment to find out. It does not have to happen that way.
What We See Most Often
The situations that come up in nearly every security and GRC conversation
These are the three situations that come up most often — and what changes once they're addressed.
Conflicts found during audit
Segregation-of-duties issues surface when an auditor looks for them, which leaves no time for considered remediation.
Access granted by email
Requests approved in messages or conversation, with nothing linking the approval to the change actually made in the system.
Roles that map to real jobs
A design built around what people actually do, that a business owner can review and understand without a consultant translating it.
Conflicts found before the auditor does
SoD analysis run on a schedule, with remediation planned deliberately rather than under deadline.
Provisioning with a trail
Requests, approvals, and system changes linked together, so any access can be traced back to who authorised it and when.
Two Related But Different Problems
This page covers both, and it helps to be clear which one is on your mind
SAP security
Who can get into the system, what they can do once inside, and keeping the platform itself protected. Roles and authorisations, user management, security parameters, and staying current with patches.
Governance, risk and compliance
Being able to prove the above. SAP Access Control, risk and control frameworks, segregation of duties, emergency access, and the reporting your auditors and regulators ask for.
Most engagements begin on one side and end up touching the other, which is why we treat them as one practice.
Most access problems are design problems.
Tightening access without redesigning the roles underneath produces a system where nobody can quite do their job and everybody has an exception. That is a worse position than where you started. We begin with role design for that reason.
How We Help
How we help
Role design and redesign
Rebuilding the role structure around actual job functions, so access is explainable to the person who has to approve it.
Segregation of duties analysis
Identifying conflicts across your user base, prioritising by genuine risk rather than raw count, and planning remediation that the business can absorb.
SAP Access Control implementation
Access request workflow, risk analysis at the point of request, and periodic review campaigns — so governance runs continuously instead of annually.
Emergency access management
Controlled elevated access with full logging, so urgent work does not require handing out permanent privileges.
Security assessment and baseline
A review of authorisations, security parameters, and patch position, with a prioritised list of what to address first.
Audit support and remediation
Preparing for an audit, responding to findings, and closing them out with evidence.
Why Us
Why organisations choose VIPAS Technologies
We start with the business, not the role matrix
Role design only works when business owners understand and sign off what they are approving. That conversation is the project, not a preliminary to it.
We plan remediation, not just reporting
An SoD report listing several thousand conflicts helps nobody. What matters is a sequenced plan the business can actually work through.
We stay with you after go-live
Access governance decays without maintenance. Our support teams keep role designs and review cycles current as the organisation changes.
Get in touch
Is your access ready for the next audit?
Tell us roughly how many SAP users you have and when you were last reviewed. We'll come back with a view on what an assessment would cover — no obligation, and no sales pressure.
Request a consultation
First name, last name, email, phone, message — that's all we need to start.