SAP CyberSecurity


What Is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems and information from digital attacks. Cybersecurity measures are designed to combat threats against networked systems and applications, whether those threats originate from inside or outside of an organization.

Businesses with a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, governed by best practices and automated using advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, can fight cyber threats more effectively and reduce the impact of breaches when they occur.

What Is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems and information from digital attacks. Cybersecurity measures are designed to combat threats against networked systems and applications, whether those threats originate from inside or outside of an organization.

Businesses with a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, governed by best practices and automated using advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, can fight cyber threats more effectively and reduce the impact of breaches when they occur.

What Is SAP Cybersecurity?

SAP cybersecurity solutions include:

UI Data Protection Masking and UI Data Protection Logging

  • Protect sensitive information in the user interface layer
  • Block or log data access
  • Secure and refine access

SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer

  • Identify and remedy security vulnerabilities in ABAP custom code

SAP Focused Run

  • Security configuration management for SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver, and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
  • Patch management

SAP Enterprise Threat Detection and SAP Enterprise Threat Detection Cloud Edition

  • Security information and event management solution tailored to the needs of SAP applications
  • Identify and analyze threats in SAP applications

SAP Data Custodian and SAP Data Custodian Key Management Service

  • Manage security keys
  • Monitor and report on data access, storage, movement, processing, and location
  • Create and enforce data access, location, movement, and processing policies

SAP Privacy Governance

  • Identify security and privacy risks
  • Deploy and manage maturity assessments with configurable templates
  • Manage security and privacy control evaluations and monitor ongoing compliance

Further Resources for SAPinsiders

SAP Cybersecurity in an Age of Uncertainty. In this article, Jhansi R Bandaru, PMP-Certified IT SAP Security/Compliance Lead, explains that organizations should regularly audit SAP systems to check their security and data integrity and identify vulnerabilities before attackers do. Knowing the weaknesses and gaps in a system is the first step in empowering management to deal with those vulnerabilities proactively, concisely, and effectively.

Expert Q&A: The Importance of Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management. In this video interview, Gabriele Fiata, Head of Enterprise Risk Management and Innovation at SAP, shares his thoughts on enterprises’ common mistakes when managing cybersecurity risk and the need to integrate cybersecurity into an enterprise’s risk management framework.

A Holistic Approach to Managing Cybersecurity & Protecting Your Data. According to SAP Cybersecurity Solution Advisor Anne Marie Colombo, organizations should minimize user access to data by segregating and protecting it. This article presents best practices to ensure a holistic approach to cybersecurity and data protection for your enterprise.

Vendors that can assist SAP customers with cybersecurity include: Capgemini, Fastpath, Fortinet, Layer Seven Security, Lookout, Onapsis, RSM, and Saviynt.

 

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  1. DevSecOps

    Automating DevSecOps to Better Secure SAP Systems

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    The rise of cyber threats targeting ERP systems necessitates an urgent shift towards integrated security within SAP development processes, as Onapsis updates its platform to enhance code security, transport governance, and runtime protection for enterprise resilience.

  2. Securing SAP workloads in the Cloud: Moving beyond firewalls

    February 05, 2025

    SAP will end mainstream support for ECC on December 31, 2027, driving organizations to migrate to cloud-based S/4HANA through RISE with SAP. Moving SAP workloads to the cloud unlocks agility and innovation—but it also introduces new attack vectors. For self-managed cloud migrations (AWS, Azure, GCP), customers are responsible for the workload security. Legacy security architectures…

  3. SAP Sovereign Cloud and OpenAI

    Why Software Integration is the Future of Cloud Security  

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    As cloud-native architectures create fragmented environments for enterprise security, the need for integrated solutions like the Orca and Zscaler partnership becomes critical to bridge visibility gaps, reduce alert noise, and improve response times across user access and cloud workloads.

  4. How Agentic AI Is Transforming Cloud-Native Protection

    The webinar discusses a transformative shift in runtime security toward lightweight eBPF-based solutions complemented by Agentic AI, enhancing real-time threat detection and response in multi-cloud environments, as explored by experts from SACR and Orca Security.

  5. Elevating SAP Security Beyond the OS Layer

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    Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP Applications helps close a critical security gap by eliminating reliance on Windows servers.

  6. zero-day

    Reviewing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in SAP

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    In March 2025, cybersecurity firms detected exploitation activities linked to a critical zero-day vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver, leading to a swift patch by SAP, but many organizations had already suffered significant impacts, emphasizing the urgent need for improved visibility, auditing, and responsiveness in securing SAP systems.

  7. SAP Cybersecurity News

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    Learn about the latest developments in SAP cybersecurity

  8. SAP Cybersecurity Whitepapers

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    Discover practical guides and best practices for securing SAP solutions.

  9. Minimize Licensing Costs for SAP Cybersecurity Solutions

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    Learn how the world’s largest beer company reduced licensing costs by over 50% by switching to the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP

  10. Case Study – Indivior

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    Learn how a leading global pharmaceutical company uses the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP to secure cloud-based SAP solutions.