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Flagship guide
2027
SAP GRC
MAINSTREAM EOL

SAP GRC End of Life: Migration Playbook 2026-2031

The dates that matter (2027 mainstream EOL, 2030 legacy DB EOL, 2033 extended maintenance end), what changes after 2030, cost breakdown €105-160k, and the 90-day migration playbook from 15 signed enterprise references.

2026-06-30 30 min read Filip Nowak, GRC Advisory
New · AI Pattern Study
6:0
AI vs
AI · Emergency Access
Real production SAP S/4HANA data

Firefighter AI vs Human: 6:0 - signals from real SAP data

Six months of production SAP S/4HANA Firefighter activity. 600 sessions, 11 emergency accounts, 2.55M audit log entries. AI agent surfaces six control signals classical session-by-session review cannot detect. Six-layer architecture, validation discipline, three one-week actions your team can run on Monday.

2026-06-09 22 min read Filip Nowak, GRC Advisory
Featured · 60-min read
menu_book Trends · SoD
The Complete Guide · 2026 Edition

Segregation of Duties in 2026: SAP S/4HANA, AI agents and the future of access governance

21,000-word definitive guide based on hundreds of SAP authorization reviews. Covers S/4HANA Fiori SoD challenges, AI in GRC, SOX/GDPR/ISO 27001 alignment, 5-stage implementation roadmap, maturity model. Free, no signup, no email gate.

2026-05-31 60 min read menu_book9 chapters · 41 sections
Access Review

Beyond SAP access review: 8 systems

A major telco-media group extended smartReview beyond SAP to 8 non-SAP systems. Practitioner case study, anonymised.

2026-06-11 14 min read
New
Product News

The new smartGRC website is live - AI agents, interactive demo, ROI calculator

AI agents for SAP access governance, six modules, an interactive demo, an ROI calculator, and case studies - all in one place, in seven languages. A guided tour of the new smartgrc.eu.

2026-05-26 7 min read
auto_awesome AI

smartGRC AI capabilities - 19 agents, 4 levels of autonomy, governance you control

19 AI agents for SAP access governance, four levels of autonomy per agent, and a clear principle: your governance officer owns the dial. The full agent gallery, the autonomy framework, and why prompts alone never made enterprise software safe.

2026-05-15 9 min read
article Segregation of Duties

S/4HANA Implementation Without an Authorization Design - A Segregation of Duties Case Study

Is it possible to spend a significant budget on building an SAP role model during an S/4HANA implementation and still discover a few months later in an audit th

2026-03-30 8 min read
article Audit & Compliance

What is SAP GRC? A complete guide to governance, risk and compliance

SAP GRC is a set of solutions organizations use to manage governance, risk, and compliance . It centralizes controls and automates them across SAP environments.

2026-03-23 13 min read
article Product News

The Evolution of Risk Management: Meet the New Face of smartGRC

In the world of IT, Compliance and Risk Management (GRC), the only constant is change. But at smartGRC, we believe that change should go han

2026-02-17 3 min read
article SAP Security & Authorizations

How to Effectively Create Roles in SAP?

Access management in a complex environment such as the SAP system , represents one of the biggest challenges for IT and security departments. Effective role cre

2025-11-24 13 min read
article SAP Security & Authorizations

Data security in SAP: key challenges and solutions

In today's digital economy, data has become the most valuable asset of almost every organization. SAP systems , which are the operational heart of many business

2025-11-24 12 min read
article SAP Security & Authorizations

How to effectively manage users In SAP?

User management in SAP systems is much more than creating accounts and resetting passwords. It is a fundamental pillar of security, regulatory compliance

2025-10-19 12 min read
article SAP Security & Authorizations

Authorizations in SAP: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Security Management

SAP systems are the digital backbone of thousands of global enterprises, processing the most critical data - from finance and logistics to human resource

2025-10-19 14 min read
article Audit & Compliance

SAP access audit - the key to security and compliance

Why are authorizations so important? In SAP, every access starts with authorization: user → role → permissions → transactions/applications/authorization objects

2025-09-30 9 min read
article Audit & Compliance

SAP access audit - the key to security and compliance

Update 09/29 SAP access audit - the key to security and compliance Why are authorizations so important? In SAP, every access begins with authorization: user → r

2025-09-30 9 min read
article Access Reviews

Access review in SAP without chaos - smartReview case study

Did your last SAP authorization audit drag on for weeks? Did Excel files and endless emails prolong the process even further? See how you can review SAP accesse

2025-09-10 5 min read
article Access Reviews

SAP entitlement review without chaos - case study from smartReview implementation

Did your last SAP entitlement audit drag on for weeks? And Excel files and endless emails prolonged the process even more? See how you can complete your SAP acc

2025-09-10 5 min read
article SAP Security & Authorizations

How not to overdo authorizations? - Least Privilege Principle in SAP

In the world of ERP systems like SAP, user authorizations are a critical factor for both security and smooth business operations. Yet surprisingly often, users

2025-07-20 6 min read
article SAP Security & Authorizations

How not to overdo the permissions? - Least Required Access in SAP

In the world of ERP systems such as SAP, the issue of user privileges is crucial - not only for security, but also for the efficiency of the entire organization

2025-07-20 6 min read
article Access Reviews

Why reviewing entitlements is a task for business, not just for IT

Did you know that ineffective privilege management in ERP systems can cost you dearly? Your company could be losing thousands of hours of skilled labor because

2025-07-16 6 min read
article Segregation of Duties

Full control over IT risk: Managing the SOD matrix in smartGRC step by step

Implementing even the most complex SOD matrix, or segregation of duties, can take just a few minutes if you have the right tool. Effective SOD management is the

2025-06-11 5 min read
article Audit & Compliance

How to effectively audit the segregation of duties in SAP?

Why conduct an entitlement audit? This one key question never loses its relevance: who has access to what data in SAP? SAP privilege reviews help answer a key q

2025-04-07 13 min read
article Audit & Compliance

smartGRC now with AI - intelligent risk and compliance management

The GRC world is changing - and we are changing with it. In the tool smartGRC from GRC Advisory there is a new functionality based on artificial intelligence th

2025-03-16 1 min read