A practical ERP security guide to permissions, separation of duties, logging, backups and access reviews. The aim is to help teams identify practical decisions, ownership and controls before changing technology.
Use least privilege
Give people access to the records and actions needed for their role, not broad administrator rights by default.
Design permissions around actual tasks and review them after organisational changes.
Separate conflicting duties
Where practical, separate creating suppliers, approving payments, changing bank details and releasing funds.
Document compensating reviews where a small team cannot fully separate responsibilities.
Record meaningful events
Capture who changed important records, when, what changed and which workflow or approval authorised it.
Protect logs from casual alteration and define retention appropriate to your obligations.
Review access routinely
Check leavers, role changes, privileged accounts, dormant users and unusual activity.
Access reviews should produce decisions and evidence, not just a signed checklist.
Prepare for failure
Test backup restoration, incident response, MFA recovery and business continuity procedures.
A backup that has never been restored in a test is an unverified recovery plan.
Practical next steps
- Identify one accountable owner for the process and the records it creates.
- Document the current workflow, including delays and exceptions.
- Agree the control or performance measure that will demonstrate improvement.
- Test the proposed approach with real users before scaling it.
Core1ERP can be evaluated against your specific requirements in a tailored product discussion. Features and configurations should be confirmed for your chosen modules and deployment.