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Hi Global Risk Community member,

Understanding and managing access risk is an essential aspect of your organization’s security. While many organizations are aware of and actively addressing this risk within their business applications, there is an often-overlooked challenge when it comes to risk across business applications.
To establish true enterprise security, cross-application risk has to be considered and managed with proper controls.  Automating these controls can help organizations:

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Hello Global Risk Community member,

Many organizations use multiple business applications for maximum productivity. They use best-of-breed software to manage various aspects of their business, including finances, sales, and human resources.
While this approach offers many advantages, there are also potential risks.
When the same person has authority across these applications to create transactions, there is a possibility for fraud that may go undetected for months.

For example, a user can crea

Early in 2012, SAP commissioned an independent study to understand how companies are preventing access risk and fraud.  A vast majority of the 183 research respondents confirmed that managing access risks were "very" or "extremely" important to senior leadership in their organizations. Yet the same group found it challenging to establish and maintain a program for