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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How SAP Users Can Optimize Cloud Migration by Leveraging Partnerships
The countdown toward the deadline for SAP ECC maintenance in 2027 is getting closer and closer for SAP users. Cloud migration is now one of the most discussed and sought-after ERP enhancements. Knowing how complex the transformation is going to be for many companies, SAP has been consistently developing and enhancing its RISE with SAP…
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SAP Delivers Three Critical Fixes in December Patch Day
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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Hardening the Core: Modern Security for AI Systems and SAP Landscapes
As AI adoption accelerates and SAP landscapes continue to evolve, technical leaders face growing pressure to safeguard their environments while enabling innovation. In this session, Apiphani will break down two critical but often disconnected security domains: AI security and SAP security. We’ll explore the core pillars of AI security, including data protection, identity and access…
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SAP Signavio AI Agent Mining Addresses Invisible Autonomy Risk
SAP users are increasingly integrating AI agents into their workflows, which introduce ‘invisible autonomy’ risks that necessitate oversight, leading SAP Signavio to develop new capabilities for monitoring and managing these AI agents effectively.
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CVE-2025-31324 Exploited in the Wild: What We’ve Found in the Aftermath
In April 2025, SAP revealed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-31324) in NetWeaver’s Visual Composer that allows unauthenticated file uploads leading to remote code execution, which has been actively exploited in multiple customer environments, necessitating urgent mitigation actions.
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SAP Security Patch Day November 2025: Three Critical Priority Fixes
On November 11, SAP released 20 security patches, including three patches for critical vulnerabilities affecting SQL Anywhere Monitor, SAP NetWeaver AS Java, and SAP Solution Manager, urging customers to apply updates promptly and highlighting the need for proactive cybersecurity measures.
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Research Webinar – Cloud and AI Security for SAP
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…
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Securing SAP S/4HANA: Why Zero Trust and Security-Driven Networking Matter
As organizations shift to SAP S/4HANA for digital transformation, adopting Zero Trust principles and Fortinet’s security solutions is crucial to mitigate security risks in hybrid environments, ensuring identity-centric protections and unified visibility while enhancing performance and compliance.
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Cloud and AI Security for SAP
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…
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Practical Workarounds for SAP Security Notes When Patching Isn’t an Option
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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