Introduction to the ARCS-SAP adapter agent

The ARCS-SAP adapter agent is a specialized module of the IBM® Security Verify Governance platform, integrated with the Access Risk Compliance Control for SAP (ARCS) module.

The ARCS-SAP adapter agent must be installed on the SAP side and is interrogated by the ARCS module to download specific data sets from the SAP server.

The scope of this documentation is to provide:
  • An outline of the installation procedure for the ARCS-SAP adapter agent.
  • A brief description of the agent functions.
The installation of the ARCS-SAP adapter agent does not require special prerequisites. The agent was developed and tested on the following SAP versions:
  • SAP R/3 4.6c
  • SAP R/3 4.7
  • SAP ERP 6.0
  • SAP S/4HANA (supported on IBM Security Verify Governance Version 10.0.1 Fix Pack 4)

Resources

For a detailed technical overview of integration between IBM Security Verify Governance and SAP, see this technote.