SAP Agents Are Arriving. The Tool That Governs Their Access Comes Later.

Description and use

<p><em>SAP says agents cannot exceed the rights of the person who asked. The dates, four questions the wording leaves open, and what to fix before you switch one on.</em></p> <p>Imagine it is Friday, 4:55 p.m. An accounts payable clerk asks her assistant to "clear the blocked invoices before the weekend".</p> <p>The assistant has her login. And her login can release payment blocks, because three years ago she covered for a colleague on leave and nobody removed the access afterwards.</p> <p>The assistant is fast, polite and tireless. By 5:10 it has released a lot of invoices.</p> <p>Was every o

Problem

<p><em>SAP says agents cannot exceed the rights of the person who asked. The dates, four questions the wording leaves open, and what to fix before you switch one on.</em></p> <p>Imagine it is Friday, 4:55 p.m. An accounts payable clerk asks her assistant to "clear the blocked invoices before the weekend".</p> <p>The assistant has her login. And her login can release payment blocks, because three years ago she covered for a colleague on leave and nobody removed the access afterwards.</p> <p>The assistant is fast, polite and tireless. By 5:10 it has released a lot of invoices.</p> <p>Was every o

Outcome

<p><em>SAP says agents cannot exceed the rights of the person who asked. The dates, four questions the wording leaves open, and what to fix before you switch one on.</em></p> <p>Imagine it is Friday, 4:55 p.m. An accounts payable clerk asks her assistant to "clear the blocked invoices before the weekend".</p> <p>The assistant has her login. And her login can release payment blocks, because three years ago she covered for a colleague on leave and nobody removed the access afterwards.</p> <p>The assistant is fast, polite and tireless. By 5:10 it has released a lot of invoices.</p> <p>Was every o

Evidence

SAP Agents Are Arriving. The Tool That Governs Their Access Comes Later.

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