SecurityBridge Releases AI-Powered ABAP CVA

One of the biggest challenges facing Mastering SAP insiders today is effectively assessing and protecting custom code. Whether they are continuing to support systems like SAP ECC, SAP NetWeaver, or SAP Business Warehouse or if they are in the process of transitioning to SAP S/4HANA and are moving towards a clean core methodology, securing custom ABAP code is a critical component to overall enterprise security. To help organisations meet this challenge, SecurityBridge has introduced an AI-powered Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA).

The new tool is integrated into the SecurityBridge Platform and is designed to empower SAP developers, IT security teams, and risk managers by identifying, explaining, and helping to accelerate the process of remediating vulnerabilities in ABAP code. What sets SecurityBridge CVA apart is its incorporation of artificial intelligence to streamline code analysis and make vulnerability insights actionable.

At the core of SecurityBridge Code Vulnerability Analyzer are two powerful AI-driven capabilities:

• Explain ABAP Code – This feature uses AI to simplify the interpretation of ABAP code. It enables developers and auditors, even those less familiar with ABAP syntax or logic, to understand complex snippets of custom code. Whether they’re onboarding new team members or reviewing legacy applications, the ability to quickly grasp code behavior enhances productivity and reduces analysis errors.
• Describe Vulnerabilities – This allows AI to both highlight and explain the reasons for those vulnerabilities. The tool provides clear, contextual information about identified security risks and includes actionable suggestions for remediation. It also helps teams prioritise their efforts by identifying critical ABAP programs and frequently used function modules.

These capabilities are particularly valuable for organisations that have invested heavily in custom development and are now looking to strengthen their SAP systems against modern cyber threats.

Holger Hügel, Product Management Director at SecurityBridge, explained that “Enriching SAP security expertise with the power of AI is at the core of our innovation strategy. Our approach ensures that AI enhances security practices by delivering substantial improvements over traditional methods while ensuring high user adoption.”

Hügel’s statement underscores a key point for business decision-makers—the value of this solution is not only in its technical capabilities but in how easily it integrates with existing workflows. Traditional code audits can be time-consuming, manual tasks that are often siloed from broader security processes. In contrast, SecurityBridge CVA is designed to fit directly into the platform’s broader SAP cybersecurity suite. This means findings from SecurityBridge CVA can be cross-referenced with system usage metrics and threat detection data, allowing teams to prioritise issues based on real-world impact.

The ability to tie vulnerability insights to actual business risk is a major benefit for CISOs and IT leaders who need to justify security investments and demonstrate measurable improvements in risk posture.

Another practical advantage is that the AI-powered SecurityBridge CVA is included at no extra cost as part of the standard SecurityBridge Platform license. For customers already using SecurityBridge for threat detection, patch management, and compliance monitoring, this is a significant additional benefit, and strengthens the case for a unified, purpose-built SAP security platform over using multiple, disparate tools.

As Hügel notes, the combination of artificial intelligence and SAP-specific expertise is what makes this tool stand out. “Our approach ensures that AI enhances security practices by delivering substantial improvements over traditional methods while ensuring high user adoption.”

What this means for Mastering SAP Insiders

Incorporate AI-driven code analysis into your SAP development lifecycle. Every SAP user has code development for SAP systems. Whether this is in ABAP customisations in core SAP systems or extensions built in SAP Business Technology Platform or low-code development environments, incorporating AI-driven code analysis into the development lifecycle is important. By using AI to explain and describe code vulnerabilities, security issues can be caught earlier, remediation time reduced, and even non-coders can better understand and mitigate risks. This helps with embedding security into the software development lifecycle without slowing down innovation.

Prioritise analysis high-impact custom code based on usage and risk. Many long-term SAP customer have tens of thousands of lines of customised code that need to be analysed. Focusing analysis on the most frequently executed functions and modules will help focus remediation on the most business-critical areas. Tying vulnerability data to actual system usage ensures security teams spend time where it matters most—minimising risk exposure while maximising resource efficiency.

Understand that SecurityBridge Code Vulnerability Analyzer is not the same as SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer. Despite the similar names and focus, these are two entirely different solutions. SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer is a static code scanning tool and is available in both the cloud as part of SAP Business Technology Platform and as a separately licensed on-premise tool. SecurityBridge Code Vulnerability Analyzer is part of the SecurityBridge Platform and uses AI to highlight and explain vulnerabilities in ABAP code. While SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer may be enhanced to leverage the recently released functionality in SAP’s ABAP large language model (LLM), only the SecurityBridge Code Vulnerability Analyzer currently uses AI for code analysis.