AccessFlow – Bringing Visibility to all Accesses on a Unified Platform
In a complex ERP environment, keeping a track of internal access and permissions is one of the major challenges faced by modern organizations. With constant onboarding and offboarding processes of resources, promotions and high turnover rates happening daily, it becomes quite hard to keep a tab on access management. It is therefore of utmost importance to ensure that the right people in an organization have the right access to the ERP environment for the appropriate amount of time.
Automating this end-to-end ERP access authorization process using a compliant Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution not only avoids time-consuming and resource-intensive activities but also simplifies the entire process by reducing manual intervention and human errors.
AccessFlow
AccessFlow is an automated, self-service access management system built on the ServiceNow platform. It offers seamless integration with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environments –
AccessFlow is the Enterprise Access Management Solution that connects your active directory or any IAM tools to CMDB, for requesting access. It maintains and protects Enterprise Access, Privileged Access, Role-based access, Access both on-premises and on cloud, Manual or scheduled access review/attestation, Owner accountability, Authorized approval process, Dashboards and reporting.
In addition to simplifying access management to ERP environments and improving visibility, the key differentiators of AccessFlow are:
Key Features of AccessFlow
Business Benefits of AccessFlow
Cost Benefit Analysis
ERP Framework is complex in nature, and it requires a specialized skill set to manage the system. Integration of ERP and other IAM systems necessitates both the tool licenses and additional integration costs. AccessFlow not only helps to bring down the cost but also makes it easy to access, even for those with no knowledge of the ERP framework
When compared with the annual support fee, integration cost, and license cost of other tools in the market, AccessFlow offers a 90% reduction in the cost. This enables 90% increase in efficiency of the process.
Segregation of Duties
Segregation of Duties have been implemented to ensure that preventive internal control mechanism has been enforced to help organizations in meeting mandates. This will assist in reducing potential malicious behavior for high-risk and sensitive tasks that are distributed across several authorities in a corporate ecosystem. The implementation of SoD will be beneficial in three major ways:
Process efficiency and Productivity
Integration can improve the efficiency and productivity of processes. You obtain real-time data and the ability to see who has access to which modules. This ensures you will still be up to date on the status of access requests, and you will be able to revoke access quickly if necessary. AccessFlow provides a centralized report that automates the admin task, thus eliminating system administrator and reduces human error.
When dealing with any typical tool, new employees or individuals seeking access to the ERP system requires 7 to 10 working days. In addition, there is a long list of personnel required for the process such as – HR, Reporting Manager, Department head, System admin, CIO/ERP heads and System Admin, etc. With AccessFlow, the complete process can be done in one or fewer working days.
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