What Is Security?
Security is a broad term that can apply to many fields. In the area of IT, security refers to tools and strategies that prevent unauthorized access to organizational assets such as computers, networks, and data. Security is designed to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information, blocking the access of sophisticated hackers and malicious insiders.
What Is Security?
Security is a broad term that can apply to many fields. In the area of IT, security refers to tools and strategies that prevent unauthorized access to organizational assets such as computers, networks, and data. Security is designed to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information, blocking the access of sophisticated hackers and malicious insiders.
What Is SAP Security?
SAP security products and services help organizations to develop and administer solutions securely across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. The SAP Trust Center includes links to various SAP security tools and services under five categories:
- Hybrid identity and access management: SAP Single Sign-On, SAP Identity Management, and SAP Access Control.
- Cloud identity services: SAP Cloud Identity Services – Identity Authentication, SAP Cloud Identity Services – Identity Provisioning.
- Secure development services: SAP Authorization and Trust Management service, SAP Credential Store, Cloud Connectors, and SAP Cloud Programming Model.
- Risk and compliance: SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance, SAP Data Retention Manager, SAP Customer Data Cloud, and SAP Data Privacy Integration.
- Security support services: SAP Security Optimization, SAP MaxAttention, and Security Service and Support Offerings.
Further Resources for SAPinsiders
Trust Matters! The SAP Security Strategy and Roadmap. This presentation by Anne Marie Colombo, Cybersecurity Solution Advisor at SAP, provides an overview of SAP’s security strategy as well as its related solutions and products. The presentation explains how the latest solutions and services, such as SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication, SAP Cloud Platform Identity Provisioning, SAP Enterprise Threat Detection, SAP Single Sign-On, and SAP Identity Management, can bring value to your enterprise security platform.
Insights for Your Emerging SAP Security Strategy. In this blog post, SAPinsider discusses security with key leadership from SAP security company Onapsis. The discussion ranges across many topics, from the state of SAP software and enterprise security to Onapsis’s acquisition of Virtual Forge and its impact on the SAP customer base.
Application Security Imperiled by Attackers. Application security is being threatened by cyberattacks on the application layer, such as SAP S/4HANA systems, which target valuable resources organizations store there, observe SAP’s Arndt Lingscheid, Global Solution Owner Cybersecurity and Data Protection, and Martin Mueller, Presales and Program Manager, SAP Security Suite. Companies need to deploy real-time detection and response to deal with the rise in attacks against the SAP application layer level, they argue.
Vendors that can help SAP customers with security include: Appsian Security, Fastpath, Fortinet, Layer Seven Security, Lookout, Onapsis, Security Weaver, Xiting, and Xpandion.
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CERPASS® Expands Globally: Now available on the SAP BTP European Data Centre
CERPASS® has expanded its global presence by being hosted in the SAP BTP European Data Centre, offering EU customers enhanced data security, compliance with GDPR, reliable performance, and seamless integration with existing SAP systems, while also ensuring adherence to data sovereignty regulations.
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5 Pillars for Addressing Cybersecurity and Data Protection: SAP Highlights Key Areas for Organizations to Focus on to Build Digital Trust with Employees and Customers
by Bruce Romney, Senior Director of Product Marketing, GRC and Security Solutions, SAP and Erin Hughes, SAP S/4HANA Finance and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Center of Excellence, SAP North America and Thomas Frénéhard, Global Finance and Risk Center of Excellence, SAP What are today’s business leaders most focused on and what are their top…
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Prepare for an Audit of Your SAP Systems: What You Need to Ensure a Successful Result
Learn the fundamentals about auditors and the audit process. See the primary categories of an SAP audit, and tips on some of the more problematic areas within one of these categories — the general computer controls audit. Key Concept General computer controls (GCC) reflect a set of IT management, infrastructure, and process controls you should...…
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Use Authorization Objects to Provide Flexible BW Security
BW security is different and often more difficult to implement than R/3. The author explains how to secure the data in your BW system, focusing on several key points. He discusses authorization objects, transaction code components, and the relationship between them. Examples show you how to provide your users with a flexible and safe system....…
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A Methodology for Managing Custom Developments in a Compliance Landscape
New custom developments are present in most SAP implementations. Sometimes they are small modifications or enhancements and sometimes they are more significant. It’s important to ensure that the custom developments are compliant with your security requisites and policy. It is essential to understand from a security and compliance point of view the roles and responsibilities...…
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Boost Your SAP Solution Manager Security with SOS Reports
Learn how to generate the Security Optimization Service (SOS) report in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. Discover the level of security in your SAP landscape and learn proactive actions you can take in your system to improve its security. Key Concept The SAP Security Optimization Service (SOS) report scans selected SAP systems for critical security settings....…
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The Invoker Servlet: A Practical Case for Protecting Your SAP Systems from Vulnerabilities
Learn the steps to take to close the security gap potentially opened in SAP systems by the Invoker Servlet vulnerability. Key Concept On May 11, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the first-ever United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) Alert (TA16-132A) for SAP applications. This CERT Alert was issued due to multiple...…
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Building a Bullet-Proof Cybersecurity Program with SAP Process Control and SAP Risk Management
Cyberattacks, like the May 2017 WannaCry attack, can be devastating, but a breach can easily be prevented with appropriate monitoring and controlling of your critical SAP data. Read Q&A transcript with EY’s Natalie Reuss to find out how you can use SAP Process Control to manage and evaluate common vulnerability areas. Get answers to questions…
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SAP Announces Strong Q1 and Cloud ERP Private Launch
SAP reported strong first-quarter 2025 financials with a 28% increase in cloud backlog to €18.2 billion and a 27% rise in cloud revenue to nearly €5 billion, although total revenue grew modestly by 12% to €9 billion.
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Use Your SAP NetWeaver Portal Safely on the Internet
Learn how to configure SAP NetWeaver Portal so that you can safely access it over the Internet. By carefully designing the system and considering any effects on it, you can achieve a safe and secure system that allows more simple and efficient access to data and information. Key Concept An Internet-facing portal is an SAP...…
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