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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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Benchmark Report: Securing RISE with SAP in 2025Jan 27 — The SAPinsider RISE with SAP 2025 benchmark report reveals a critical compliance gap in organizations' adherence to security controls for SAP Cloud ERP Private, highlighting that under 50% actively follow shared responsibility protocols, thus risking cybersecurity vulnerabilities as many fail to apply SAP's hardening requirements amidst a shifting compliance landscape.
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SecurityBridge Appoints New CEO to Drive Global ExpansionJan 12 — SecurityBridge has appointed Jesper Zerlang as CEO effective January 1, 2026, signaling a strategic shift toward global growth while the founders transition to roles focusing on product innovation and customer initiatives amidst rising demand for SAP-native cybersecurity solutions.
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SAP Security Notes Surge in 2025 as Critical Vulnerabilities EscalateDec 22, 2025 — In 2025, SAP customers face a significant rise in security vulnerabilities, with a 39% increase in security notes compared to 2024, highlighting critical threats to core SAP systems and the necessity for improved security coordination and proactive monitoring.
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NetApp Positions Cyber Resilience as a Storage-Layer Imperative for SAP DataDec 22, 2025 — NetApp is redefining cyber resilience as a crucial storage-layer capability for SAP customers, emphasizing integrated governance, ransomware protection, and recovery strategies aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
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Why SAP Security Leaders Are Reassessing Where Risk ResidesDec 19, 2025 — As SAP security evolves from system hardening to encompass identity and access governance within interconnected workflows, rising impersonation threats and AI-generated attacks necessitate a reassessment of risk management strategies and workforce training to enhance cybersecurity resilience.
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Dell Positions Cyber Recovery as a Core SAP Business Continuity CapabilityDec 17, 2025 — Dell Technologies advocates for cyber recovery as essential for SAP business continuity, emphasizing the need for recovery architectures designed for breach scenarios, focusing on immutability, isolation, and analytics-driven validation to protect mission-critical ERP environments from modern cyberattacks.
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Avantra 25.2: Enhancing Security and Reducing Complexity in Hybrid SAP LandscapesDec 17, 2025 — Avantra 25.2 enhances SAP automation with significant security improvements, an optimized hybrid management approach, and better support for SAP Business Technology Platform, all aimed at improving operational resilience and reducing costs.
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Layer Seven Security Announces Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Version 2.0 with Major Advancements in Threat Detection and ComplianceDec 15, 2025 — Layer Seven Security's upcoming Version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP enhances threat detection and compliance for SAP NetWeaver, S/4HANA, and Cloud ERP environments, adding support for Java applications, advanced anomaly detection, an expanded library of threats, and alignment with latest SAP security standards.
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SAP Delivers Three Critical Fixes in December Patch DayDec 10, 2025 — SAP's recent Security Patch Day issued 14 security notes, including three rated critical, addressing vulnerabilities in core administrative platforms, highlighting the need for ongoing attention to security in embedded components and integration interfaces.
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