## 13.3.4.2.7.30  Country/Region-Specific Features: Switzerland
Overview of security-relevant information for payroll and personnel administration for the local version for Switzerland.
## Authorizations
The local version for Switzerland (PA-PA-CH, PY-CH) uses the standard authorization concept used by SAP S/4HANA. Therefore, the recommendations and guidelines for authorizations as described for SAP S/4HANA also apply to the local version for Switzerland.
## Standard Authorization Objects
The local version for Switzerland uses the security-relevant authorization objects that are available for Personnel Management and Payroll.
For more information, see the following:
- Authorizations (Personnel Management)
- Authorizations (Payroll)
The following table shows the security-relevant authorization objects that are also used in the local version for Switzerland.
Country/Region-Specific Authorization Objects
| Authorization Object   | Field                                                                                                                                                            | Value   | Description                                                                                                                                                         |
|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| P_CH_PK                | KONNR (Individual PF Ac- count Number) AUTGR (HR-CH: Authoriza- tion group for PF accounts) PKKLV (HR-CH: Pension fund : Authorization level for account access) |         | HR-CH: Pension Fund: Account Access (see Authorizations for Human Resources Technical Aspects Authorization Objects P_CH_PK (HR-CH: Pension Fund: Account Access) ) |
For the documentation for the authorization object P\_CH\_PK , see SAP Library for SAP S/4HANA and choose Human Resources HR Tools Authorizations for Human Resources Technical Aspects Authorization Objects .
## Communication Channel Security
The following table presents the communication paths used by the local version for Switzerland for B2A: Communication with Authorities , the protocol used by the connection, and the type of data transferred.
| Communication Paths                         | Protocol Used                                                                        | Type of Data Transferred   | Data Requiring Particular Protection   |
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| ELM (Uniform Wage Notifica- tion Procedure) | External communication be- tween HRbackend system and distributor/authorities: HTTPS | Personnel data             | Personal data                          |
You can use Secure Network Communications (SNC) to protect RFC connections. The Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL protocol) protects HTTP connections.
##  Recommendation
We strongly recommend that you use secure protocols (SSL, SNC) where possible.
For more information, see the ABAP Platform Security Guide under Transport Layer Security .
For more information about B2A security, see B2A: Communication with Authorities .
## More Information
See Payroll (PY) in the S/4HANA Security Guide for Human Resources.