A brand-new Rheinwerk Course has been added to our schedule! In this expert-led, live online course, learn about authorizations and security with SAP S/4HANA from an expert trainer. Want to register? Take advantage of early bird pricing and set off on the journey to unlocking your fullest potential!

Authorizations and Security for SAP S/4HANA

Take the guesswork out of securing your system! Authorizations and Security for SAP S/4HANA breaks down the user roles, profiles, and authorization objects behind permissions and access in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori. Learn how to configure and maintain authorizations based on legal requirements, organizational rules, and security needs.

Day 1: Introduction to SAP S/4HANA Security and Authorizations

Get started with a comprehensive introduction to security in SAP S/4HANA! Cover the evolution from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA from a security perspective, and then dive into the SAP S/4HANA authorization concept with an introduction to roles, profiles, authorization objects, and more. Learn about key transaction codes and SAP Fiori apps for authorizations.

Day 2: User Management

Handle users with ease! Explore how to create and manage users and understand key concepts such as user defaults and parameters. Then, dive into mass user management; its benefits, its limitations, and the various ways you can handle mass user requests. Finally, troubleshoot user authorization issues to keep things running smoothly.

Day 3: Role Management

Keep things rolling by learning to work with roles in SAP S/4HANA! Understand SAP’s default roles and profiles and see how to design roles. Learn to create single, derived, and composite roles, transport and maintain roles, and more. Then get a comprehensive look into profile maintenance, AGR tables, and enabler roles. You’ll even learn how to create custom authorization objects and use them in transaction codes.

Day 4: SAP Fiori Security

Secure the SAP S/4HANA frontend! Explore SAP Fiori’s unique security needs in this comprehensive session. You’ll learn to manage SAP Fiori roles and authorizations, work with key translation codes (/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE, /Ul2/FLPD_CUST, SICF, and more), and troubleshoot errors with traces and authorization logs.

Day 5: Troubleshooting, Auditing, and Migration

Authorization errors and weaknesses leave your system vulnerable. Walk through general troubleshooting using SU53, STAUTHTRACE, ST01, and security tables. Get to know your audit tools, including SM19, SM20, SM21, and change logs. Finally, understand the challenges of SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA migration from a security perspective and explore SAP S/4HANA security best practices.

Series Ticket:
$599
$499

Your Instructor: Raghu Boddu

Raghu Boddu is the managing director of ToggleNow Software Solutions. He has more than 25 years of experience with SAP security, GRC, audits, and automation. Raghu is a certified information systems auditor (CISA), a certified fraud examiner (CFE), a certified data privacy solutions engineer (CDPSE), and a certified SAP security professional and GRC associate. 

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