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Case study Energy & utilities

World leader in oilfield improves procure to pay with Continuous Controls Monitoring

An oilfield services leader operating in 835 locations across six continents faced ineffective security across fragmented legacy systems, and procurement cost overruns with no audit trail on application controls.

$200,000 savedannually in ERP system and maintenance cost
99% fewerunauthorised configuration changes
80% lessERP role design and testing time
40% loweraudit cost related to security testing
IndustryEnergy & utilities
Region835 locations across six continents
Size835 locations across six continents
Primary ERPOracle E-Business Suite

Challenges

  • Ineffective security across fragmented legacy systems
  • Significant role design changes required in multiple ERP systems
  • Cost overruns in the procurement process, with unexpected bottlenecks and no audit trail on application controls

Results

  • Reduced ERP role design and testing time by 80%, saving over $200,000 a year in ERP system and maintenance cost
  • Reduced audit costs related to security testing by 40%, with a central audit trail on all access across multiple ERP and legacy systems
  • Improved help-desk resource needed to provision security by 38% through self-service user access provisioning workflow
  • Decreased time spent testing authorisation manager access request approvals by 75%, by showing managers potential access risk before access is granted
  • Automated configuration change management, reducing unauthorised changes by 99%
  • Reduced time spent on management review of access and manual segregation-of-duty grids by 40%

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What this story shows

  • Unauthorised configuration changes fell 99% through automated change management
  • Managers see access risk before granting access, cutting approval testing 75%
  • A central audit trail spans multiple ERP and legacy systems