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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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Cloud and AI Security for SAPOct 31, 2025 — Most SAP customers are now running at least some enterprise systems in the cloud. At the same time, organizations are exploring ways to incorporate AI into their enterprise workloads. This convergence of technologies is hugely important from a security standpoint and raises questions about how organizations are planning on securing their expanding cloud footprints while ensuring that their use of AI is protected. In addition, the expanding use of AI to both protect systems as well as defend against attacks is both complicating, while potentially streamlining, the task of protecting cloud-based systems and AI workloads from attack.
In exploring the factors most responsible for influencing cloud and AI security strategy for SAP systems, the differences between these respondent groups were significant. For example, more than half the leaders reported that their strategies were most impacted by the emergence of AI-enhanced attack techniques targeting ERP and SAP systems. Meanwhile, the
majority group were still focused on tasks like ERP modernization and a demand to standardize security across cloud and hybrid environments. These are factors that are of lesser importance to leaders, reflecting the fact that leaders are more likely to have already addressed these concerns or are on their way to completing modernization plans
This year's research also explored the owners of SAP cloud and AI security strategy, how risk associated with using AI in SAP-related operations is being managed, and measurable security outcomes achieved through adoption of cloud or AI security capabilities for SAP workloads.
The findings indicate that organizations must start planning for how they will manage security for cloud and AI use in their SAP environments if they are to successfully secure these workloads in the future.
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- Understand how SAPinsiders are adjusting their security strategy to manage cloud and AI workloads.
- Explore the technologies and partner solutions in use to protect cloud and AI workloads.
- Learn about how SAPinsiders are managing risk when it comes to cloud and AI security strategy.
- See what SAPinsiders can learn from those leading in cloud and AI security.
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Practical Workarounds for SAP Security Notes When Patching Isn’t an OptionOct 24, 2025 — Organizations face challenges in applying SAP security patches due to compliance demands and operational constraints, necessitating strategic workarounds such as network filtering and role management to mitigate vulnerabilities while maintaining system stability.
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NetApp Introduces AI-Powered Ransomware Protection at Storage LayerOct 3, 2025 — NetApp's BlueXP ransomware protection, now in public preview, offers a comprehensive, automated solution that enhances cybersecurity by enabling rapid detection and response to ransomware attacks at the storage layer.
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Fortinet Enhances Threat Response with Automated Playbooks in FortiReconSep 29, 2025 — Fortinet's latest enhancements to FortiRecon provide unified security operations by automating threat investigation and response, thereby helping enterprises efficiently manage expanding attack surfaces and prioritize security alerts.
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Layer Seven Security’s Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Named Top Protection Solution for 2025 Sep 16, 2025 — Layer Seven Security has been recognized as the top provider of SAP cybersecurity solutions for 2025 due to its Cybersecurity Extension, which offers comprehensive coverage, ease of deployment, and transparent pricing.
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How Protiviti is Preparing Businesses for the End of Encryption as We Know ItSep 3, 2025 — In a recent podcast with Protiviti's Dean Kassman, IonQ's Konstantinos Karagiannis warned that powerful encryption systems could become obsolete in five years due to advancements in quantum computing, emphasizing an urgent need for businesses to adopt post-quantum cryptography to avoid severe cybersecurity risks.
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Layer Seven Launches New Edition of Cybersecurity Extension for SAPSep 3, 2025 — Layer Seven Security has launched the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, replacing reliance on ALM platforms like SAP Solution Manager, addressing urgent cybersecurity needs as organizations prepare for SolMan's end of maintenance in 2027.
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Layer Seven Launches New Edition of Cybersecurity Extension for SAPAug 26, 2025 — Layer Seven Security has launched the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, NetWeaver Edition, enabling organizations to secure their SAP environments without reliance on aging Application Lifecycle Management platforms like SAP Solution Manager.
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SAP Defends Against Ransomware Attacks with AWS Snapshot-Based ArchitectureAug 8, 2025 — SAP has introduced a ransomware recovery framework utilizing Amazon EBS features on AWS to enhance data protection and operational continuity for its clients by implementing EBS Snapshots, Snapshot Lock, and gp3 volumes.
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