SAP GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) Access Control is a software module developed by SAP that helps organizations manage and control user access to SAP systems. It provides tools and functionalities to ensure that user access is properly authorized, monitored, and compliant with internal policies and external regulations.

The main features and capabilities of SAP GRC Access Control include:

• User Provisioning: SAP GRC Access Control enables organizations to automate the process of creating, modifying, and disabling user accounts in SAP systems. It allows for the efficient management of user roles and authorizations, ensuring that users have the appropriate access privileges based on their job responsibilities.

• Access Risk Analysis: With SAP GRC Access Control, organizations can perform risk analysis to identify and mitigate potential access risks within SAP systems. It helps identify segregation of duties (SoD) conflicts, where a user has conflicting access privileges that could lead to fraud or errors. By analyzing access risks, organizations can implement controls and mitigation strategies to reduce the risk of unauthorized or inappropriate access.

• Role Management: SAP GRC Access Control supports the design, creation, and maintenance of user roles in SAP systems. It provides tools for role modelling, role validation, and role optimization to ensure that roles are well-designed, appropriately assigned, and compliant with security policies.

• Emergency Access Management: In emergency situations where users require temporary elevated access privileges, SAP GRC Access Control offers emergency access management capabilities. It enables organizations to grant and monitor emergency access requests, ensuring that temporary access is properly controlled and audited.

• Access Request Management: SAP GRC Access Control provides a workflow-based access request management system. Users can submit access requests for specific roles or privileges, and the system automates the request review, approval, and provisioning processes. This ensures that access requests are properly evaluated and authorized before granting access to users.

SAP GRC Access Control is a critical component of SAP’s GRC suite and is widely used by organizations to manage access risks, ensure compliance, and strengthen the overall security of their SAP systems.