Identity and Access Solutions for SAP

For many companies running SAP, systems administration represents a significant cost. Managing user accounts, providing the access to the right systems at the right time, maintaining appropriate security and auditing user management activities is vital. But all too often these activities rely upon inefficient processes and multiple data entry.

The solution lies in ‘Identity and Access Management’ (IAM) – a structured approach to the creation, management and synchronization of identity and access data throughout your organization.

Oxford Computer Group (OCG) designs and delivers solutions specifically for organizations running SAP. By combining the power and flexibility of Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) with our bespoke connector for SAP, we have created a cost-effective, easily deployable and high performance solution to address IAM challenges.

Recognizing the need for a stable, reliable and high performing management agent for FIM/SAP engagements, OCG developed a bespoke SAP Connector, which is proven to outperform existing connectors.

Organizations choose to invest in OCG’s SAP Connector for:

 • Performance – it is proven to deliver faster and improved performance allowing your organization increased synchronization capacity

 • Stability – it is fully supported irrespective of the server your SAP system is hosted on, unlike the out-of-the-box FIM connector provided by Microsoft which is only supported if your SAP system is hosted on a Window platform

 • Password synchronization capability – unlike other connectors, it supports password synchronization to SAP, which means users only have to remember one password

With an SAP IAM Solution you can:

 • Simplify administration by creating a single point of access for the management of identity data

 • Ensure all systems are provided with accurate and up-to-date identity data that consistently conforms to your organization’s data conventions

 • Reduce licensing and administration costs and improve productivity through the implementation of automated, workflow-enabled processes for account creation, deletion and management

 • Create an ‘Enterprise Role’ model for SAP, allowing greater control of role-based access and more cost-effective administration

• Provide self-service password management to increase staff productivity and reduce security threats

 • Improve security and reduce ownership costs by synchronizing users’ sign-on credentials (e.g. username and password) across systems and provide facilities for Reduced Sign-on or Enterprise Single Sign-on

 • Further improve security by automatically modifying a user’s access rights based on their role, and automatically removing those rights when they leave, or their role changes

 • Enhance compliance with regulatory standards through improved traceability, audit and reporting of identity data and user management activity