Post Sarbanes Oxley, focus for corporations is more on compliance and security. Sarbanes Oxley has had a major impact on the organizations using SAP R/3 as their ERP. Some of the changes seen in the corporate landsacpe include identifying and documenting processes, implementing controls and safeguards, documenting user access approvals etc. In short, there has been a cultural shift in organizations post Sarbanes Oxley. Below, I have listed 7 major pointers which can help organizations towards better SAP security in the Sarbanes Oxley Era.

1. Provide users access on a need to know and need to do basis.
2. Adequately secure programs, transactions and tables.
3. All user accesses to SAP R/3 are properly authorized and approved.
4. Segregation of duties is maintained for all sensitive business transactions
5. All controls and business processes are documented.
6. Anti-fraud preventive controls are in place to prevent & detect fraud before an audit.
7. User profiles and roles in SAP are secured and designed to meet business requirements.

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