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Access Governance Solutions

Skywind's Access Governance solutions deliver comprehensive identity and access management for SAP environments through advanced monitoring, continuous compliance, and intelligent risk detection capabilities. The platform leverages Skywind technologies to automate discovery and elimination of Segregation of Duties violations, manage authorizations, and ensure continuous compliance while preventing internal fraud and securing access integrity.

Segregation of Duties Governance

SoD Analysis and Violation Detection
  • Real-Time SoD Monitoring: Continuously analyzes user roles and transactions to identify potential and actual segregation of duties violations
  • Cross-Reference Role Analysis: Performs internal and cross-reference analysis of roles to detect conflicting permissions and responsibilities
  • Advanced Simulations: Enables what-if scenarios to test role changes and assess potential SoD impacts before implementation
  • Rich Pool of Pre-Configured Content: Includes over 100 rules created in cooperation with world's largest audit firms for comprehensive SoD coverage
  • Exception Management: Provides mechanisms for managing approved exceptions and documenting business justifications
  • Where-Used Analysis: Offers dozens of graphical workflows to trace role assignments and understand access patterns
User Role and Permission Analysis
  • Business Role Screening: Analyzes user activities to prevent potential violations, conflicts of interest, and fraud
  • Toxic Combination Detection: Identifies dangerous combinations of roles and transactions that could enable unauthorized activities
  • Role Design Validation: Ensures roles are designed according to business-friendly terms and comply with SoD principles
  • Authorization Object Analysis: Monitors critical authorization objects and their assignments to prevent privilege escalation
  • User Activity Screening: Continuously screens user activities against established SoD rules and policies
  • Business Process Integration: Aligns SoD controls with actual business processes to ensure practical compliance
Compliance and Audit Support
  • Continuous Monitoring: Provides ongoing validation of SoD compliance rather than periodic snapshots
  • Automated Compliance Reporting: Generates audit-ready reports demonstrating SoD compliance status
  • Regulatory Standards Alignment: Ensures compliance with regulations such as SOX, GDPR, and HIPAA
  • Audit Trail Maintenance: Maintains comprehensive documentation of all SoD-related activities and decisions
  • Risk Assessment Integration: Incorporates SoD compliance into broader risk management frameworks
SoD Remediation and Risk Mitigation
  • Guided Remediation: Provides step-by-step guidance for resolving identified SoD violations
  • Risk-Based Prioritization: Prioritizes remediation efforts based on risk severity and business impact
  • Workflow Integration: Integrates remediation processes into existing approval workflows
  • Compensating Controls: Identifies and manages compensating controls for unavoidable SoD conflicts
  • Change Impact Analysis: Assesses the impact of proposed changes on existing SoD compliance
  • Preventive Policy Checks: Embeds preventive checks into business processes to prevent new violations
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Authorizations Control

Authorization Monitoring and Analysis
  • Critical Authorization Tracking: Monitors granting and receiving of critical authorizations like SAP_ALL and SAP_NEW
  • Authorization Conflict Detection: Identifies conflicts between different authorization assignments
  • Excessive Access Detection: Identifies users with excessive or inappropriate access rights
  • Authorization Object Monitoring: Tracks changes to critical authorization objects and their impacts
  • User Activity Correlation: Correlates user activities with their assigned authorizations to detect misuse
  • Privilege Escalation Detection: Monitors for unauthorized elevation of user permissions
Emergency Access and Firefighter Controls
  • Controlled Emergency Access: Grants temporary super-user status with firefighter login IDs in a controlled environment
  • Emergency Access Monitoring: Provides comprehensive monitoring of emergency access usage and activities
  • Audit Trail for Emergency Access: Maintains detailed logs of all emergency access activities
  • Time-Limited Access: Automatically revokes emergency access after predetermined time periods
  • Approval Workflows: Requires management approval for emergency access requests
  • Post-Emergency Reviews: Conducts mandatory reviews of all emergency access activities
Access Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • Risk-Based Access Analysis: Identifies and remediates access risk violations automatically
  • Toxic Combination Analysis: Detects dangerous combinations of permissions that could enable fraud
  • Dormant Account Detection: Identifies and manages inactive user accounts that pose security risks
  • Access Certification: Conducts periodic user-access reviews to ensure continued appropriateness
  • Least Privilege Enforcement: Ensures users maintain minimum necessary access levels
  • Risk Scoring: Assigns risk scores to user access patterns and permission combinations
Compliance and Governance Integration
  • Regulatory Compliance Monitoring: Ensures adherence to compliance requirements for access management
  • Policy Enforcement: Embeds compliance checks and mandatory risk mitigation into business processes
  • Audit-Ready Reporting: Provides comprehensive reports for internal and external audits
  • Change Documentation: Maintains detailed records of all authorization changes and their justifications
  • Governance Dashboard: Offers visual insights into access governance status and trends
  • Exception Management: Provides structured processes for managing and documenting access exceptions
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Governance to Corporate SOC/SIEM

SIEM Integration and Data Distribution
  • Pre-Filtered SAP Data: Pushes pre-filtered SAP security data to SIEM systems, reducing processing costs while providing focused insights
  • Multiple Protocol Support: Supports Syslog protocol for centralized logging and web services for data synchronization
  • Real-Time Alert Distribution: Automatically distributes critical security information to appropriate security teams
  • SOC Integration: Enables seamless integration with existing Security Operations Center infrastructure
  • Microsoft Sentinel Integration: Provides native integration with Microsoft Sentinel for comprehensive security monitoring
  • Splunk and QRadar Support: Supports integration with leading SIEM platforms including Splunk and QRadar
SAP-Specific Security Intelligence
  • SAP-Native Security Platform: Delivers comprehensive SAP security insights that traditional SIEM tools cannot provide
  • Application-Layer Security: Extends security monitoring beyond infrastructure to include SAP application-specific threats
  • SAP Data Model Understanding: Provides deep understanding of SAP architecture and data models for effective correlation
  • Proprietary API Integration: Handles complex SAP APIs and data structures for seamless security data extraction
  • Cloud Application Coverage: Monitors security across both traditional SAP core applications and new cloud acquisitions
  • Enterprise-Wide Visibility: Enables SOC teams to monitor security across the entire IT enterprise from network to application layer
Real-Time Security Monitoring and Alerting
  • 24/7 Global Protection: Provides continuous monitoring of SAP security events and threats
  • Intelligent Event Correlation: Correlates SAP security events with broader enterprise security intelligence
  • Automated Threat Detection: Uses AI-powered analytics to identify sophisticated security threats and attack patterns
  • Critical Event Prioritization: Automatically prioritizes high-impact security events for SOC team attention
  • Custom Alert Creation: Enables creation of custom security alerts tailored to specific organizational needs
  • Real-Time Notification: Delivers immediate notifications for critical security events requiring urgent response
Security Analytics and Reporting
  • Comprehensive Security Dashboards: Provides visual insights into SAP security posture and threat landscape
  • Security Metrics and KPIs: Tracks key security performance indicators for continuous improvement
  • Threat Intelligence Integration: Incorporates external threat intelligence into SAP security monitoring
  • Historical Security Analysis: Maintains long-term security data for trend analysis and compliance reporting
  • Executive Security Reporting: Generates executive-level security reports for strategic decision-making
  • Compliance Security Reporting: Provides security reports aligned with regulatory compliance requirements
Advanced Security Capabilities
  • Behavioral Security Analytics: Analyzes user behavior patterns to identify potential security threats
  • Machine Learning Threat Detection: Uses advanced machine learning algorithms for proactive threat identification
  • Zero-Day Threat Protection: Provides protection against unknown and emerging SAP security threats
  • Incident Response Integration: Integrates with incident response workflows for rapid threat remediation
  • Security Orchestration: Enables automated security response and remediation processes
  • Threat Hunting Support: Provides tools and data for proactive security threat hunting activities
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User Access & Risk Reviews

Automated Access Review Campaigns
  • Periodic User Access Reviews: Conducts regular reviews to ensure compliance with segregation of duties rules
  • Risk-Based Review Prioritization: Prioritizes access reviews based on user risk profiles and access sensitivity
  • Automated Review Workflows: Streamlines review processes through automated workflows and approvals
  • Role-Based Review Campaigns: Organizes reviews by business roles and functional responsibilities
  • Manager-Driven Certifications: Enables managers to certify their team members' access requirements
  • Exception-Based Reviews: Focuses reviews on users with unusual or high-risk access patterns
User Risk Assessment and Profiling
  • Comprehensive Risk Profiling: Creates detailed risk profiles for each user based on access patterns and activities
  • Toxic Combination Detection: Identifies users with dangerous combinations of high privileges and conflicting permissions
  • Dormant Account Identification: Detects and flags inactive user accounts that pose security risks
  • Access Rights Analysis: Analyzes user access rights to identify excessive or inappropriate permissions
  • Business Role Alignment: Ensures user access aligns with their actual business responsibilities
  • Risk Score Calculation: Assigns quantitative risk scores to users based on multiple risk factors
Access Certification and Validation
  • Self-Service Certification: Enables users to certify their own access requirements during review cycles
  • Manager Attestation: Requires managers to validate and approve their team members' access needs
  • Automated Validation Rules: Applies business rules to automatically validate certain access patterns
  • Exception Documentation: Captures business justifications for access that appears to violate policies
  • Remediation Tracking: Tracks the resolution of access issues identified during reviews
  • Compliance Reporting: Generates reports demonstrating completion and outcomes of access reviews
Risk Mitigation and Remediation
  • Guided Risk Remediation: Provides step-by-step guidance for addressing identified access risks
  • Compensating Controls: Identifies alternative controls when direct risk remediation is not feasible
  • Access Right-Sizing: Recommends optimal access levels based on actual usage patterns and business needs
  • Automated Remediation: Implements automated remediation for certain types of low-risk access issues
  • Risk Acceptance Workflows: Provides structured processes for accepting unavoidable risks with proper documentation
  • Continuous Risk Monitoring: Monitors risk levels continuously rather than only during formal review periods
Review Analytics and Insights
  • Access Usage Analytics: Analyzes actual access usage to identify unused or underutilized permissions
  • Review Performance Metrics: Tracks metrics on review completion rates and effectiveness
  • Trend Analysis: Identifies trends in access patterns and risk levels over time
  • Benchmark Reporting: Compares access patterns against industry standards and best practices
  • Executive Dashboards: Provides high-level visibility into access governance status for senior management
  • Predictive Risk Analytics: Uses predictive models to identify potential future access risks
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User Activities Analysis & Monitoring

Real-Time Activity Monitoring
  • Continuous User Activity Tracking: Monitors all user actions across SAP systems in real-time
  • Transaction-Level Monitoring: Tracks individual transaction usage and patterns for detailed activity analysis
  • Cross-System Activity Correlation: Correlates user activities across multiple SAP systems and modules
  • 24/7 Global Monitoring: Provides round-the-clock monitoring of user activities with instant alert capabilities
  • Sensitive Transaction Monitoring: Focuses on monitoring of high-risk and sensitive transactions
  • Multi-User Session Tracking: Monitors users with multiple concurrent sessions across different systems
Behavioral Analytics and Pattern Recognition
  • Baseline Behavior Establishment: Creates behavioral baselines for each user based on historical activity patterns
  • Anomaly Detection: Identifies deviations from normal user behavior patterns that could indicate threats
  • AI-Powered Analytics: Uses artificial intelligence to analyze complex user behavior patterns and relationships
  • Pattern Recognition: Detects suspicious patterns such as unusual login times or transaction sequences
  • Risk-Based Behavior Scoring: Assigns risk scores to user activities based on multiple behavioral factors
  • Predictive Behavior Analysis: Uses predictive models to identify users at risk of policy violations
Suspicious Activity Detection
  • Unauthorized Access Detection: Identifies attempts to access systems or data without proper authorization
  • Privilege Escalation Monitoring: Detects attempts to gain higher-level permissions or system access
  • After-Hours Activity Monitoring: Flags unusual activities occurring outside normal business hours
  • Geographic Anomaly Detection: Identifies login attempts from unusual geographic locations
  • Velocity-Based Detection: Detects impossibly fast activities that could indicate account compromise
  • Failed Access Attempt Analysis: Monitors patterns of failed login or access attempts
Policy Violation and Compliance Monitoring
  • SoD Violation Detection: Identifies activities that violate segregation of duties policies
  • Authorization Conflict Monitoring: Detects activities that conflict with assigned authorization levels
  • Policy Compliance Tracking: Monitors adherence to internal policies and external regulations
  • Change Activity Monitoring: Tracks unauthorized or suspicious changes to critical data
  • Document Manipulation Detection: Identifies suspicious document creation, modification, or deletion activities
  • Emergency Access Usage: Monitors the use of emergency or firefighter access accounts
Advanced Activity Intelligence
  • User Journey Analysis: Tracks complete user journeys through business processes to identify inefficiencies
  • Collaboration Pattern Analysis: Analyzes how users collaborate and interact within SAP systems
  • Process Adherence Monitoring: Ensures users follow established business processes and workflows
  • Exception Activity Tracking: Identifies users who frequently require exceptions or workarounds
  • Training Need Identification: Identifies users who may need additional training based on activity patterns
  • Performance Impact Analysis: Correlates user activities with system performance metrics
Activity Reporting and Documentation
  • Comprehensive Activity Logs: Maintains detailed logs of all user activities for audit and compliance purposes
  • Executive Activity Dashboards: Provides high-level visibility into user activity trends and patterns
  • User Activity Reports: Generates detailed reports on individual user activities and behaviors
  • Compliance Activity Reporting: Creates reports specifically designed for regulatory compliance requirements
  • Historical Activity Analysis: Enables analysis of user activity trends over extended time periods
  • Real-Time Activity Alerts: Provides immediate notifications for critical or suspicious user activities
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Logs Analysis (SAP Security Logs)

Security Audit Log Analysis (SM20)
  • Comprehensive SM20 Monitoring: Provides detailed analysis of SAP Security Audit Logs to detect unauthorized access attempts and suspicious transactions
  • User Activity Pattern Analysis: Tracks changes to sensitive data and authentication anomalies across all user sessions
  • Security Event Correlation: Identifies relationships between security events for sophisticated attack detection
  • Failed Login Analysis: Monitors patterns of unsuccessful authentication attempts and brute force attacks
  • Privilege Escalation Detection: Tracks unusual elevation of user permissions and authorization changes
  • Data Access Monitoring: Monitors access to sensitive data and critical system functions
System Security Log Monitoring (SM21)
  • System Error Security Analysis: Identifies security-relevant system warnings and errors that could indicate threats
  • Performance-Based Threat Detection: Correlates system performance issues with potential security incidents
  • Mass Security Event Detection: Identifies coordinated attacks through analysis of multiple simultaneous events
  • Communication Security Monitoring: Monitors system-to-system communication for security anomalies
  • Resource Security Analysis: Tracks unusual resource consumption patterns that could indicate compromise
  • Background Job Security: Monitors background job execution for security-related failures or anomalies
Advanced Log Correlation and Intelligence
  • Cross-Log Security Analysis: Correlates information across multiple log sources for comprehensive threat detection
  • Machine Learning Log Analysis: Uses AI to identify subtle patterns and anomalies in security logs
  • Threat Intelligence Integration: Incorporates external threat intelligence into log analysis processes
  • Real-Time Log Processing: Provides immediate analysis of security logs as events occur
  • Historical Log Analytics: Maintains long-term log data for trend analysis and forensic investigations
  • Automated Threat Classification: Automatically classifies and prioritizes security threats based on log analysis
Security Incident Detection and Response
  • Incident Pattern Recognition: Identifies complex attack patterns that span multiple log sources
  • Automated Incident Creation: Automatically creates security incidents based on log analysis findings
  • Evidence Collection: Collects and preserves log evidence for security incident investigations
  • Timeline Reconstruction: Reconstructs security incident timelines using comprehensive log data
  • Impact Assessment: Assesses the scope and impact of security incidents based on log analysis
  • Response Coordination: Coordinates incident response activities based on log analysis insights
Compliance and Regulatory Log Analysis
  • Regulatory Compliance Monitoring: Ensures log analysis meets requirements for regulations like GDPR, SOX, and HIPAA
  • Audit Trail Validation: Validates completeness and integrity of audit trails for compliance purposes
  • Data Privacy Monitoring: Monitors logs for potential privacy violations and data protection compliance
  • Retention Policy Compliance: Ensures log retention meets regulatory and organizational requirements
  • Compliance Reporting: Generates compliance reports based on security log analysis findings
  • External Audit Support: Provides log analysis data and reports for external audits
Proactive Security Analytics
  • Threat Hunting Support: Provides advanced log analysis tools for proactive threat hunting activities
  • Predictive Security Analytics: Uses historical log data to predict potential future security threats
  • Security Baseline Establishment: Creates security baselines based on normal log patterns and behaviors
  • Anomaly-Based Alerting: Generates alerts based on deviations from established security baselines
  • Custom Security Rules: Enables creation of custom security detection rules based on organizational needs
  • Security Metrics and KPIs: Tracks security performance indicators derived from log analysis
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