This SAP GRC for SAP HANA 1.0 Roadmap Session will provide a forward-looking view of SAP’s evolving Governance, Risk, and Compliance portfolio as organizations face rising regulatory complexity and digital risk. The session highlights key innovations across Access Control, Process Control, Risk Management, and Audit Management, with emphasis on cloud transformation, AI-enabled capabilities, and tighter integration with SAP ecosystem. Attendees will learn what’s coming in SAP’s roadmap, how it impacts current landscapes, and the practical steps needed to modernize GRC processes. Participants will leave with clarity on future direction and actionable guidance to prepare for the next generation of intelligent, connected GRC.

At some point, your SAP system may face an audit. This session explores what an audit might entail, how to prepare, and what separates a smooth audit from a painful one. Learn about different types of auditors, the focus of various SAP assessments, and why these distinctions matter. Gain insights into key areas including security, basis configurations, change control and transports, configurable controls, and reports through the lens of common questions and potential audit risks. Walk away with actionable steps to prepare, from obtaining an update on prior findings and gathering typical audit evidence, to coaching your team on how to effectively work with an auditor. Whether you are managing an SAP system under audit or you are an auditor yourself, this session provides valuable information to take the stress out of an audit.   You will: Understand the types of auditors and SAP audits and how each impacts what you are being asked. Review common areas of audit focus when your SAP system is in scope. Learn the dos and don’ts of working with auditors. Receive a checklist of tips for preparing your SAP system and your people for an audit.

In many companies, the security team is often the last to be notified about user on-boarding, off-boarding, or position changes that require adjustments to users' system access and security permission levels. These delays, coupled with high volumes of manual provisioning tasks, create significant inefficiencies, leave employees without the necessary access, and introduce risky Segregation of Duty -conflicting permissions.  This session explores how SAP GRC Access Control HR Triggers, alongside SAP SuccessFactors or SAP HR streamlines provisioning through timely event-driven automation of the access request and provision process and how to leverage HR Triggers day-to-day SAP Security provisioning operations. You will: Examine key SAP access provisioning challenges when HR-driven events are not integrated, including inefficiencies, security risks, and high-volume manual workloads. Explore SAP GRC Access Control 12.0 and SAP Cloud IAG HR Trigger capabilities for automating provisioning through HR event–based actions integrated with SAP SuccessFactors or SAP HR. Analyze how Arizona’s Salt River Project implemented SAP GRC HR Triggers to enable consistent, timely, HR-driven SAP access provisioning. Highlight key customer and consulting partner insights, including recommendations, challenges, and pitfalls to avoid for a successful and value-driven SAP GRC HR Trigger implementation.

Note: This lab session is BYOD (bring your own device). A limited number of devices may be available to borrow if needed. Power is available at the tables. Please connect to the secure event Wi-Fi and test your browser before the session begins.   Join us for an interactive hands-on lab where you'll explore the most in-demand capabilities of SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG) from intuitive role design to automated access requests and intelligent access reviews. This session will guide you through how IAG integrates seamlessly with SAP Cloud Identity Services, creating a unified identity lifecycle across your enterprise landscape. You’ll learn how to extend IAG to support key business applications, both within and beyond the SAP ecosystem, enabling centralized policy enforcement and risk analysis. Experience firsthand how to configure critical features like access risk analysis, role provisioning, and cross-system workflows, all while using real-world scenarios that mirror today’s governance challenges. By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with actionable best practices for optimizing access governance in a hybrid environment, strategies to scale IAG adoption effectively, and insights into building a future-proof, intelligent governance model.   Capacity is limited to 50 participants. If the lab is full, please join the waitlist. Pre-registered attendees should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session to claim their seat. To ensure an on-time start, any unclaimed seats will be released to waitlisted attendees 5 minutes before the session begins. If you’ve preregistered and later decide not to attend, please remove the session from your agenda in the event app so your spot can be offered to the waitlist. Waitlisted attendees should monitor the event app on the day of the lab and be prepared to proceed to the room quickly if space becomes available. Note: To receive waitlist updates, be sure to enable networking and allow push notifications in the app.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) functions are under pressure to adapt to a rapidly changing regulatory landscape while managing complex SAP environments. AI and automation are transforming what organizations must look for and do to lower risk, strengthen controls, and enable predictive compliance. This session explores findings from SAPinsider’s State of the Market: GRC Report, looking at how organizations in SAP environments are leveraging intelligent technologies to modernize governance frameworks, automate compliance, and proactively manage risk. Join this session to learn how to: Apply insights about the AI revolution in GRC to your own strategic roadmap. Identify key trends in AI adoption for GRC processes within SAP environments. Explain how AI-driven tools enhance risk management and predictive analytics. Describe best practices for automating governance and compliance workflows. Analyze strategies for implementing continuous controls monitoring and SoD management using intelligent technologies. Evaluate the impact of AI on audit readiness and regulatory compliance. Develop an action plan to prioritize AI and automation initiatives for GRC transformation.

Ensuring your SAP S/4HANA system is still secure and compliant with your licensing agreements after a brownfield upgrade can be a challenge. While the introduction of Fiori can be a tremendous UI improvement for end users, an uncontrolled introduction of Fiori functions can lead to a nightmare of unauthorized access and SOD violations. Join this session to gain insight into a holistic approach to securing a brownfield SAP S/4HANA upgrade using GRC Access Control to maximize compliance while minimizing effort and RISE license costs. In this session, you will learn how to: Reengineer granular, SOD-compliant security roles to simplify the upgrade process. Harmonize Fiori catalogs with security in a holistic approach to reduce work significantly. Optimize RISE license fees as part of the reengineering."

Jabil successfully migrated its Access Violation Management (AVM) solution to the latest AVM Cloud platform, enabling standardized and scalable governance across multiple global SAP S/4HANA systems. This session explores how the organization executed this transformation to support continuous controls monitoring across its diverse manufacturing subsidiaries. Attendees will learn how Jabil approached the migration with a focus on planning, risk management, and adaptability to regional operational needs. The session will highlight how the new cloud-based AVM solution improved governance frameworks, enhanced compliance, and delivered operational efficiencies. Real-world insights will be shared on how the team overcame challenges during the transition and leveraged advanced analytics to support better decision-making across business units. In this session, you will learn: How to plan and execute a multi-system AVM Cloud migration with effective risk management. Key challenges and solutions for deploying AVM across diverse global manufacturing operations. How the cloud-based AVM platform improved governance, compliance, and continuous monitoring. Ways to leverage AVM analytics to drive operational efficiency and informed decision-making.