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27/06/2026 1:01 pm
TL;DR: Nexis reports that access governance is shifting from system-by-system control to cross-application risk management as organizations face stronger demands for visibility, entitlement control, and auditability across SAP and wider business application estates. The challenge is no longer isolated administration but consistent governance across interconnected identities and permissions.
Editorial analysis by NHI Mgmt Group, based on content published by Nexis: “NEXIS Included in Two Recent KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass Reports”.
Key questions
Q: How should security teams govern access across SAP and business applications?
A: Security teams should govern access by linking identity, entitlement, and activity data across systems instead of certifying each application separately.
Q: What is the main risk when access control is managed application by application?
A: The main risk is that access looks compliant inside one platform while remaining inconsistent across the wider enterprise.
Q: How can teams tell whether access governance is actually working?
A: Look for short revocation times, low rates of stale entitlements, and repeatable access review outcomes across systems.
Practitioner guidance
- Unify SAP and business app entitlement mapping Build one inventory that shows how SAP roles, application permissions, and delegated access relate across the broader enterprise application estate.
- Rework access reviews around connected systems Run recertification on the full access path, including upstream approvals and downstream application entitlements, rather than reviewing each platform in isolation.
- Standardise audit evidence for entitlement changes Keep one trace for approvals, exceptions, and entitlement updates so governance teams can reconstruct decisions across SAP and adjacent business applications.
Bottom line: Access governance is no longer a single-system task when SAP, SaaS, and other business applications share identities and entitlements.
What's in the full analysis
Nexis's full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- The report-page context behind SAP Access Control and Security and Business Application Risk Management
- The broader market framing around visibility, compliance, and governance across connected enterprise environments
- The specific analyst-report positioning that underpins Nexis's inclusion in both Leadership Compass reports
- The source article's executive-view references for readers who want the vendor's own framing
👉 Read Nexis's analysis of SAP access control and business application risk governance →
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This topic was modified 4 days ago by NHI Mgmt Group
27/06/2026 2:10 pm
Access governance has become a cross-application identity problem, not a system-level admin task. The article reflects a broader shift in which SAP-specific control must be understood inside a wider business application estate. Once identities and entitlements span multiple platforms, the governance unit of measure changes from one application to one interconnected permission surface. Practitioners should treat entitlement scope as an enterprise property, not a product property.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What is the difference between SAP access control and business application risk management?
A: SAP access control focuses on entitlement governance inside a critical business system, while business application risk management extends that discipline across a wider portfolio of applications and identity relationships. The difference is scope and evidence model, not just tooling. In connected environments, the broader view becomes necessary to explain risk consistently.
👉 Read our full editorial: Access governance across SAP and business apps is getting harder
This post was modified 4 days ago by NHI Mgmt Group