SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll SOC 2 Audit Report 2024 H1

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is an SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Human Resources (HR) based payroll application, including the features of the full SAP ERP HR solution. In contrast to the on-premise application, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is delivered as a cloud-based solution. Thereby, SAP takes care of provisioning and maintenance of hardware, infrastructure, and software.

 

The integration in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central enables the customer to import payment relevant data (e.g., banking information) from the core HR into SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. Communication between SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is done via a standardized interface. It provides defined integration scenarios for accessing data in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as input for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll. Furthermore, payment relevant changes in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central are automatically synchronized with the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll.

 

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll is offered in the primary data center locations:

DC Locations

DC Providers

Dubai, UAE

SAP Cloud Infrastructure

Frankfurt, Germany

Google Cloud Platform

Riyadh, KSA

SAP Cloud Infrastructure

Frankfurt, Germany

SAP Cloud Infrastructure

Virginia, USA

Microsoft Azure

New South Wales, Australia

Microsoft Azure

Toronto, Canada

Microsoft Azure

Tokyo, Japan

Google Cloud Platform

Zurich, Switzerland

Microsoft Azure

SOC 2 reports are prepared in accordance with AT-C Section 205, Examination Engagements under Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 18, Attestation Standards: Clarification and Recodification.  SOC 2 reports fulfill various information and assurance needs of customers and aim to place trust in SAP’s service organization systems, processes, and controls.  These reports are intended to meet the needs of a broad range of users that need detailed information and assurance about the controls at a service organization relevant to Security, Availability, and Processing Integrity of the systems that are used to process users’ data and the Confidentiality and Privacy of the information processed by these systems (AICPA, Trust Services Criteria).  Additionally, they can play an important role in the oversight of the organization, vendor management programs, and regulatory oversight.  Please note that this examination's scope does not include the controls of any subservice organizations.  SOC 2 Type 1 covers management’s description of a service organization’s system and the suitability of the design of controls at a specific point in time, whereas a SOC 2 Type 2 also includes the operating effectiveness of controls for a dedicated period of time.

 

SAP SuccessFactors has prepared SOC 2 Type 2 audit report by an independent 3rd party accountant. This version of the report covers as of the audit period 1. October 2023 to 31. March 2024, and the trust principles Security, Availability, Confidentiality, and Privacy.

 

The use of these reports is restricted. A copy of this report is available for all SAP customers and prospects with non-disclosure agreement in place.