SAP RISE: A Shared Model of Responsibility for Security
In contrast to traditional on-premise SAP landscapes, the responsibilities for security in SAP RISE are shared between SAP and customers. SAP is responsible for security at the hyperscaler and network level, as well as databases and servers. Customers are responsible for securing the application and data layer.
Customers can purchase optional solutions and Cloud Application Services (CAS) that are not included as standard in RISE for additional support from SAP.
The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP provides an alternative to Cloud Application Services and solutions from SAP. The extension is certified for SAP S/4HANA and available as a cloud subscription. It delivers more coverage at lower cost than the equivalent RISE services and solutions and provides a unified alternative to multiple SAP RISE offerings.
Access Risk Analysis
Customers are responsible for managing user permissions and ensuring access to critical roles and authorizations is restricted and compliant with the principle of the Segregation of Duties (SoD). SAP offers an optional Cloud Application Service to detect critical access and SoD risks in customer S/4HANA systems using the SAP GRC ruleset. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP also performs critical access and SoD checks for S/4HANA using a ruleset benchmarked against SAP GRC.
Vulnerability & Compliance Management
Customers are responsible for the secure configuration of applications in SAP RISE. SAP offers an additional Cloud Application Service not included in standard RISE services to perform security checks for ABAP and HANA systems using SAP Solution Manager. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP performs more extensive security checks than the CAS and enables customers to detect compliance gaps with security frameworks. This includes compliance monitoring for security settings mandated by SAP Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) for SAP RISE solutions.
Custom Code Security
Developing and maintaining secure custom applications is the responsibility of customers in SAP RISE. This includes custom developments adapted and migrated from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. Customers can license SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA) to detect vulnerabilities in custom ABAP programs. CVA is not included in standard RISE solutions. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP includes a higher number of test cases than CVA and supports security scanning for custom SAPUI5 applications.
Security Patching
Customers are responsible for identifying and applying application-specific security notes and testing for security notes in SAP RISE. SAP offers an optional Cloud Application Service for implementing application-level security notes. However, this excludes support for implementing notes with manual corrections and testing security notes. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP automates the discovery of security notes and supports lifecycle management for required patches.
Threat Detection & Response
Monitoring and investigating security incidents in SAP applications is the responsibility of customers in SAP RISE. SAP offers managed services using SAP Enterprise Threat Detection (ETD) cloud edition as an optional CAS. The services exclude monitoring of HANA logs. ETD must be licensed by the customer to use the services. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP includes more detection patterns than ETD and supports monitoring of HANA logs.
Security Dashboard
Standard RISE solutions and services do not include a security dashboard for monitoring security-related KPIs. RISE customers can subscribe to a cybersecurity dashboard available in SAP Analytics Cloud. However, the data sources for the dashboard include SAP ETD, SAP Focused Run and SAP Risk Management. The solutions must be licensed from SAP to use the dashboard. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP includes an interactive dashboard, trend analysis and threat map for monitoring security KPIs.
The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP is optimized for SAP RISE solutions. Download the detailed comparison of RISE services and solutions versus the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP or learn more about the capabilities of the solution.
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