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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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How SAP Users Can Optimize Cloud Migration by Leveraging PartnershipsApr 3, 2024 — 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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AI, SAP, and 2027: Why Identity Architecture Is Now a Program-Level DecisionFeb 18 — AI agents are already operating inside SAP systems, yet most organizations lack visibility and effective control over their privileges. As S/4HANA migration and SAP Identity Management retirement approach, identity architecture is no longer an operational afterthought. It is becoming a structural decision that shapes automation risk, segregation-of-duties integrity, and audit resilience.
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How DORA Is Redefining Accountability for SAP SecurityFeb 17 — DORA is redefining how financial institutions manage SAP security. As regulators demand repeatable evidence and operational resilience, accountability now extends deep into live SAP environments and the tools used to monitor them.
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SAP February Patch Day Puts ABAP and Platform Risk in FocusFeb 13 — SAP’s February 2026 Patch Day delivered 26 new notes and one update, with critical exposure centered in ABAP and core platform services. Vendors warn impact depends on how trust and integrations operate inside each landscape.
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Securing SAP S/4HANA in a Hybrid Environment with Zero TrustMar 5 — SAP S/4HANA is built for connectivity—integrating with business partners, on‑prem infrastructure like print servers, cloud workloads, and SaaS applications. While this hybrid model enables real-time insights, advanced analytics, and AI-driven innovation, it also expands the attack surface. Traditional perimeter-based security built on firewalls and VPNs wasn’t designed for today’s distributed SAP landscape—and falls short on […]
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SAP Security Patch Day: Monthly Updates and Risk AnalysisFeb 11 — SAP Security Patch Day is a recurring moment of risk assessment for SAP customers. This article provides a continuously updated analysis of the vulnerabilities that most affect enterprise exposure, explaining why they matter operationally and how practitioners should prioritize response.
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