## 13.3.4.2.7.4  Country/Region-Specific Features: Brazil
Overview of security-relevant information for payroll and personnel administration for the local version for Brazil.
## Important SAP Notes
The following table presents the most important SAP Notes regarding security for the local version for Brazil (PA-PA-BR, PY-BR, PY-BR-PS).
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| Title                                                                                                                                              |   SAP Note | Comment   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|
| Preparation for 1NL/3UP Integration of Payroll Posting with Finance in S/ 4HANACloud - HCMLocalization for Brazil                                  |    2885311 |           |
| eSocial - SOA Manager - configuration of web service for communication to eSocial production environment                                           |    2585709 |           |
| eSocial - SOA Manager - configuration of web service for communication to eSocial restricted production environ- ment - web service delivery phase |    2514483 |           |
## Authorizations
The local version for Brazil 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 Brazil.
## Standard Authorization Objects
The local version for Brazil uses the security-relevant authorization objects that are available for Personnel Management and Payroll.
The following table shows the security-relevant authorization objects that are also used in the local version for Brazil.
Country/Region-Specific Authorization Objects
| Authorization Object   | Field                                                                       | Value   | Description                                                    |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| P_EFD_COMP             | Company Code ( BUKRS ) Personnel Area ( PERSA ) Personnel Subarea ( BTRTL ) |         | eSocial: Authorization per company, personnel area/ subarea    |
| P_EFD_DELE             | Activity ( ACTVT )                                                          |         | eSocial: author.ctrl.report employee events and re- proc.batch |
| P_EFD_EVTY             | eSocial event type ( EFD_EVTYPE ) Activity ( ACTVT )                        |         | eSocial: Authorization for ac- tions by event type             |
## Communication Channel Security
The following table shows the communication paths that the local version for Brazil uses, the protocol used for the connection, and the type of data transferred.
| Communication Paths                | Protocol Used         | Type of Data Transferred                  | Data Requiring Particular Protection   |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| SOA Manager for eSocial            | HTTPS                 | Employee data and payment data for Brazil | Employee data                          |
| Company information from FI module | WebService e RFC (FI) | Company information                       |                                        |
| eSocial external monitor           | RFC                   | Employee and payment data for Brazil      | Employee data                          |
You can use Secure Network Communications (SNC) to protect RFC connections.
##  Recommendation
We strongly recommend that you use secure protocols (SSL, SNC) where possible.
## Related Information
Authorizations [page 247]
Authorizations [page 235] Payroll (PY) [page 245]