Critical authorizations
Audit Information System Cockpit
Changes in customizing and various security-relevant changes, such as the maintenance of RFC interfaces, can be viewed via table change logs. This authorization should only be given to an emergency user.
The S_RFCACL authorization object is removed from the SAP_ALL profile by inserting SAP Note 1416085. This notice is included in all newer support packages for the base component; This affects all systems down to base release 4.6C. The reason for this change is that the S_RFCACL authorization object, and especially the expression "total permission" (*), is classified as particularly critical for its fields RFC_SYSID, RFC_CLIENT and RFC_USER. These fields define from which systems and clients or for which user IDs applications should be allowed on the target system. Thus, the overall authorisation for these fields allows the login from any system and client or for any user and thus creates significant security risks.
Essential authorizations and parameters in the SAP® environment
The ABAP authorization concept protects transactions, programs and services in SAP systems against unauthorized access. Based on the authorization concept, the administrator assigns authorizations to users that determine which actions a user is allowed to perform in the SAP system after logging on to the system and being authenticated.
It is very important that critical authorizations are generally subject to a monitoring process in order to be able to ensure that they are assigned in a productive system in a very restricted manner or not at all. Law-critical authorizations in particular, such as deleting all change documents, debugging ABAP programs with Replace, and deleting version histories, must never be assigned in a production system, as these authorizations can be used to violate the erasure ban, among other things. It must therefore be ensured that these authorizations have not been assigned to any user, not even to SAP® base administrators.
During go-live, the assignment of necessary authorizations is particularly time-critical. The "Shortcut for SAP systems" application provides functions for this purpose, so that the go-live does not get bogged down because of missing authorizations.
In the simulation overview you will now receive all the information you already know from the authorisation maintenance in the transaction PFCG.
These UI components are represented in the roles as external services.