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    With GDPR Deadline Looming, the First Step Is Discovery
    With the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) scheduled to take effect on May 25, 2018, organizations with EU employees or customers need to be able to demonstrate compliance. GDPR expands the scope of previous EU regulations to include any data processor or data controller that collects, stores, or processes the personal data of EU residents. It mandates data portability,…
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    Top Takeaways from the Women in Cybersecurity Conference
    ** Today’s post is provided by guest blogger Veronica, an Experienced Consultant in our Technology Consulting practice ** Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend the Women in Cybersecurity Conference (WiCyS) in Chicago! The event is a two day conference packed with information sessions, guest speakers and opportunities to network.  The conference was hugely impactful in…
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    Part 1: SAP S/4HANA® Implementations: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018
    The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences featured a wealth of knowledge and insight around new areas of interest, including SAP S/4HANA updates, Central Finance strategies, the importance of managing risks during S/4HANA implementations, and some newer topics around General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), lease accounting (IFRS 16 and ASC 842), and SAP’s big announcement of the…
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    Part 2: SAP S/4HANA® Implementation Considerations: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018
    The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. In part 2, we summarize the key SAP S/4HANA implementation considerations discussed at the conference. During this year’s GRC conference, there was a…
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    Part 3: Lease Accounting: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018
    The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. In this part, we will be discussing the new Lease Accounting standards and how Nakisa, an SAP solution extension can help automate this process going…
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    Part 4: Change Management: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018
    The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. In this part we take a closer look at Change Management. During the conference, we had the opportunity to deliver a session around S/4HANA® Change…
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    Part 5: GRC AC/PC 12: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018
    The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. During the conference, SAP® announced a major update to the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) suite of products, with Access Control (AC), Process…
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    Serverless Cloud Architecture vs. Traditional Web Applications: A Difference in Risks
    Serverless application architectures, sometimes referred to as Function as a Service (FaaS), are rapidly growing in popularity. The attraction of an application that scales dynamically with load, charges only for actual usage and avoids the challenges of server management is undeniable. FaaS reduces some security risks but it can also increase others. Below are several examples to consider while…
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    After Security Remediation and Redesign: What’s Next?
    Tackling Segregation of Duties Risk with Quantitative Analytics Recent regulatory changes have shifted many conversations this year to topics such as lease accounting and data privacy, and SAPInsider’s 2018 GRC/Financials Conference was no exception. One of the most compelling topics at this year’s conference centered on the fact that, in addition to the added stress of ensuring compliance with…
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    Least Privilege Access and User Access Recertification: Not Just for SOX Anymore
    For many organizations, least privilege access controls and user access recertification are key components of their Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) risk and controls framework. Companies rely on these controls to ensure that transactions are appropriate by restricting access to authorized individuals. Other organizations place more reliance on monitoring controls to validate that changes made or…
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