SAP GRC

Access Control & Process Control

Training Introduction:

As organizations automate and digitize business processes, effective control over who has access to what and how risks are managed across processes becomes essential. SAP GRC Access Control and Process Control provide powerful tools to manage these risks—but their complexity also creates audit and assurance challenges.

This training equips internal auditors, risk managers, and IT auditors with the knowledge and tools to evaluate, test and monitor access and process controls in SAP environments, ensuring that SAP GRC implementations are effective, compliant and value-driven.

 

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand SAP GRC architecture and modules, with focus on Access Control & Process Control
• Evaluate user access, segregation of duties (SoD), and role design using GRC tools
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of process controls configured in SAP GRC
• Provide assurance over compliance automation, control monitoring, and risk mitigation

 

Target Audience:

• Internal Auditors
• IT Auditors
• GRC Professionals
• Risk and Compliance Managers
• SAP Security and Control Specialists

 

Format & Duration:

• 4 instructor-led or virtual modules
• Duration: 4 days total
• Includes demos, case studies, and audit templates

 

Course Modules Overview

Module 1: Overview of SAP GRC Framework

Objective: Understand the SAP GRC suite and its application in enterprise risk and compliance management.

Topics:

• Introduction to SAP GRC: modules and architecture
• Focus areas: Access Control vs. Process Control vs. Risk Management
• Integration with SAP ERP, S/4HANA, and other systems
• Key compliance use cases: SOX, GDPR, ITGCs, internal controls
• Auditor’s perspective: where SAP GRC supports assurance and where it doesn't
• Exercise: Map SAP GRC components to risk and compliance objectives

Module 2: SAP GRC Access Control – Risks, Rules, and Remediation

Objective: Learn to audit user access, SoD, and role management using SAP GRC Access Control.

Topics:

• Key components:
• Access Risk Analysis (ARA)
• Access Request Management (ARM)
• Emergency Access Management (EAM)
• Business Role Management (BRM)
• SoD concepts and access risk rule sets
• Workflow automation: provisioning and approval paths
• Mitigating controls and firefighter access (emergency use)
• Common audit findings and remediation strategies
• Exercise: Analyze an access risk report and identify SoD conflicts

Module 3: SAP GRC Process Control – Monitoring Business Processes

Objective: Evaluate how SAP GRC Process Control automates control monitoring and supports compliance.

Topics:

• Role of Process Control in internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO, SOX)
• Control lifecycle: design, assessment, execution, documentation
• Key features:
• Continuous control monitoring (CCM)
• Manual vs. automated controls
• Surveys and self-assessments
• Integration with SAP and non-SAP systems
• Control library and mapping to business processes
• Exercise: Review a sample CCM rule and test its configuration logic

Module 4: Auditing and Reporting on SAP GRC Effectiveness

Objective: Apply a risk-based approach to audit GRC controls and deliver impactful audit findings.

Topics:

• Planning an SAP GRC audit: scope, risks, and tools
• Assessing configuration settings and workflows
• Reviewing access logs, role changes, and mitigation activities
• Evaluating control failures, overrides, and exception reports
• Reporting observations and providing value-added recommendations
• Aligning with IIA Standards, COBIT, and ISACA guidance
• Exercise: Draft an internal audit report summary for GRC access/process issues

 

Training Materials & Deliverables:

• PowerPoint presentation slides
• Participant workbook
• Templates and Tools:
• SAP GRC audit checklist (Access & Process Control)
• Risk & control matrix for GRC
• Sample audit program for SAP GRC
• SoD conflict rule set examples
• Real-world SAP GRC screenshots and demo data
• Certificate of Completion

 

Certification:

Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion in SAP GRC Access & Process Control Auditing upon completion of all modules and exercises.

 

Optional Add-ons:

• Add-on Module: SAP GRC Risk Management Overview
• Hands-on lab: Reviewing GRC dashboards and reports
• Customization: Tailored training for SAP S/4HANA environments
• Sector-specific GRC risk scenarios (e.g., finance, healthcare, manufacturing)