CSI tools provide a more thorough and granular audit than is available with existing SAP products, checking every layer of security controls available to ensure security is achieved in a holistic manner across the SAP environment."
Fran Howarth, Senior Analyst at Bloor Research
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Transaction codes vs authorization objects. We at CSI tools believe that 90% of the security administrators do not know how many transaction codes and authorizations objects exist in a SAP system. Moreover if you ask the question what the purpose of a transaction code and an authorization object is in regard to SAP security, the answer is usually wrong.
Gartner published a new MarketScope research document regarding "Segregation of Duty Controls Within ERP and Financial Applications".
Segregation of duty controls for ERP systems remains an ongoing concern to auditors, particularly in the context of global financial integrity regulations. A variety of stand-alone and embedded control capabilities are available and are rated each year in a MarketScope.
CSI tools was mentioned by analyst E. Proctor in Gartner MarketScope for Segregation of Duty Controls Within ERP and Financial Applications on May 14 2013
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