Governance, Risk and Compliance

Growing awareness of Governance, Risk and Compliance issues, along with burgeoning array of compliance laws and regulations have made internal control regulations such as Segregation of Duties and application access controls are top priorities for business.

HCL AXON's GRC Access control is designed to detect, mitigate and prevent risk and is an important tool for fulfilling SOD requirements. HCL AXON's value centric approach to GRC coupled with our comprehensive set of services helps business plan, implement and maintain the functionality of SAP GRC Access Control to help them effectively evaluate and manage risk.

HCL AXON has a robust and unique GRC value proposition with a focus on business value creation from GRC initiatives with emphasis on risk management, improved productivity and sustainability. We help our clients leverage the GRC automation to achieve these business objectives. Our GRC services are organized into 3 categories which include Finance, IT and Operations.

• In Finance, we help our clients in Controls design, testing and optimization, Segregation of Duties (SOD), Audit management and Continuous controls monitoring. The focus is on getting business process productivity improvements and enhanced risk management capabilities for the clients
• In IT, our services comprise Information security management, Identity and access management, Role management, and IT risk management
• We help our customers in Operations GRC with focus on Green Supply Chain especially the Sustainable Packaging, FDA compliance and other industry-specific requirements

Services for Assessment, Implementation and Support

• SAP GRC Access Control upgrade assessment: This proactive assessment identifies the business impact of an upgrade from older GRC applications to SAP GRC Access Control 5.2 on a customer landscape.
• Step-by-step implementation: HCL AXON's implementation process is based on SAP's best practices and extends beyond identifying and resolving access risk issues to encompass compliance maintenance (here the compliant user provisioning process is channeled into an automated structure). This implementation methodology helps companies make risk management and compliance regulations integral parts of customary organizational activities. One Fortune 500 company, with HCL AXON's implementation expertise, was able to use SAP GRC Access Control to cut its audit costs by nearly 25%.
• Joint SAP GRC Access Control and SAP ERP implementation or upgrade: Clients planning to implement SAP ERP expect their ERP landscape to be SoD compliant and free of access and authorization risks. HCL AXON's implementation service helps meet this need for speedy, effective ERP implementations and upgrades. It also reduces the overall cost of GRC implementations by introducing effective project management capabilities to the business. HCL AXON helped a leading apparel group during its SAP ERP implementation to achieve an SoD-compliant landscape using SAP GRC Access Control.
• Migration from third-party SoD tools to SAP GRC Access Control: HCL AXON helps companies migrate from any third-party SoD management tool to SAP GRC Access Control 5.2, allowing them to more quickly take advantage of SAP GRC Access Control's enhanced capabilities.
• SAP GRC Access Control support: HCL AXON provides technical and functional support for SAP security and SAP GRC Access Control solutions. This service is strengthened by the vast amount of experience HCL AXON has in SAP GRC Access Control and SAP system security support. HCL AXON's continuous support has helped a Fortune 500 beverage company maintain their SAP GRC Access Control solution, enabling it to remain compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

• Meet Compliance Deadlines with faster control testing
• Reduced Burden on compliance staff
• Improved processes to avoid SoD compliance risks
• Better and cost effective response to internal and external audit requests
• Improve Compliance processes and Stay clean on Compliance
• Meet Compliance Deadlines with faster control testing

• Remote Risk Assessment Model
• GRC Upgrade Assessment
• GRC Upgrade Framework, SOD Rules for Retail - Planned
• Web-based GRC Methodology Tool
• Security Assessment Tool, User Role Analysis (ABAP Report) - Planned
• Strong SAP GRC Implementation Team
• Optimum GRC Project Methodology
• Integrated SOX Consulting and SAP GRC Implementation
• On-going SAP GRC Support Services
• Integrated Approach to Compliance Automation
• Deployment of SAP GRC Best Practices