SAP GRC for dummies / by Denise Vu Broady and Holly A. Roland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vu Broady, Denise.

Contributor:

Roland, Holly A.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sap.

Business--Computer programs.

Business.

Client/server computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Other Title:

Governance Risk Compliance

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Governance, risk, and compliance-these three big letters can add up to one giant headache. But GRC doesn't have to be a boil on your corporate behind. SAP GRC For Dummies untangles the web of regulations that confronts your company and introduces you to software solutions the not only keep you in compliance, but also make your whole enterprise stronger. This completely practical guide starts with a big-picture look and GRC and explains how it can help your organization grow. You'll find out why these regulations were enacted; what you can do to ensure compliance; and how compliance ca

Contents:

SAP GRC for Dummies; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Demystified; Chapter 1: The ABCs of GRC; Getting to Know GRC; Getting in the Business Drivers' Seat; Getting Motivated to Make the Most of GRC; Introducing the GRC Stakeholders; Understanding GRC by the Letters; C Is for Compliance: Playing by the Rules; R Is for Risk: Creating Opportunity; G Is for Governance: Keeping Focused and Current; Hitting the Audit Trail

Designing Your Approach to GRCWhat GRC Solutions Provide; Chapter 2: Risky Business: Turning Risks into Opportunities; Discovering Enterprise Risk Management; Defining Risk; Ignoring Risk (At Your Peril); Sorting Through the Approaches to Risk Management; Identifying the Critical Components of a Successful Risk Management Framework; Taking the Four Steps to Enterprise Risk Management; Analyzing What Went Wrong: When Risk Becomes Reality; Automating the Risk Management Cycle; Taking the SAP Approach: SAP GRC Risk Management; Using SAP GRC Risk Management: A Fictional Case Study

Using SAP Risk Management: An SAP Case StudyGleaning the Benefits of SAP GRC Risk Management; Chapter 3: Governance: GRC in Action; Getting to Know Governance; Gleaning the Benefits of Good Governance; Drafting Governance Blueprints; Creating a Framework for Great Governance; Evaluating Your Governance Framework; Hurdles to Instituting and Maintaining a Good Framework; Making the Argument for Automation; The SAP Approach: Integrated Holistic IT for GRC; Coming to Grips with Governance; Part II: Diving into GRC; Chapter 4: How Sarbanes and Oxley Changed Our Lives

Figuring Out Whether SOX Applies to YouDiscovering Why SOX Became Necessary; Who Are Sarbanes and Oxley, Anyway?; Breaking Down SOX to the Basics; Information Technology: SOX in a Box; Paying Up: What's SOX Going to Cost You?; Setting the Record Straight; Other Laws You Need to Know About; We're All In This Together: Convergence; Sorting Out the Benefits of SOX; Chapter 5: Fraud, Negligence, and Entropy: What Can Go Wrong and How to Prevent It; Defining Fraud; Negligence: More Likely Than Fraud; Entropy: Errors, Omissions, and Inefficiencies; Cleaning Up: The Mop-Up Operation

Chapter 6: Access Control and the Role of RolesUnderstanding Access Control and Roles; Getting a Handle on Access Control; How Access Control Got Messy; Getting Clean; Staying Clean; Managing Exceptional Access; The SAP Approach: SAP GRC Access Control; Where Do You Go from Here?; Chapter 7: Taking Steps toward Better Internal Controls; Understanding Internal Controls; Exploring the Benefits of Better Controls; Seeing How Automating Controls Makes Things Easier; Taking Five Steps to Better Internal Controls; Getting to Know the SAP Approach: SAP GRC Process Control

Chapter 8: It's a Small World: Effectively Managing Global Trade

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-05259-5

0-470-38591-X

OCLC:

608622791