SAP Security & Compliance: “Customers need Solution Providers.”

SAST SOLUTIONS from AKQUINET honored with Softshell Vendor Award in GoldStarted with two modules in 2006, the SAST SOLUTIONS portfolio now comprises a comprehensive combination of software, consulting and service, and offers a holistic solution for safeguarding SAP systems. In this interview, Managing Director Bodo Kahl talks about the topics that concern himself as well as the entire industry, and describes the qualities that characterize a good service provider for SAP security and compliance today.

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SAP Security & Compliance: Challenges in the Context of S/4HANA, Code Security, and the Cloud

SAST DAYSThey say that major events cast a shadow that portends their arrival. In SAP environments, this applies in particular to the transition to S/4HANA, which companies will need to make before maintenance for SAP ERP expires in 2025.

As we covered this pending migration from various perspectives at our SAST DAYS 2019 event, interest in the topics of authorizations and code security was especially high. Let’s take a look back at those exciting days, which presented a balanced mix of current challenges and assorted solutions.

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Authorizations for batch processing in NetWeaver and S/4HANA environments

SAST_SAP_User-Access-ManagementDespite the increasing use of web interfaces in the context of S/4HANA, batch processing is still required for mass data. However, our experience in customer projects has shown that very few administrators know how manage authorizations properly in such scenarios. SAP OSS Note 101146 offers a good overview in this regard. In this blog post, we want to provide a condensed explanation of how the practical aspects interrelate.

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The State of SAP Security 2018: Between platform security, authorization management and S/4 HANA migration

SAST_HANA_S4HIt’s probably too early to sum up the state of SAP security in 2018. Then again, fall is the season for events such as the DSAG Annual Congress (German SAP User Group), which just ended in Leipzig. It is at conferences and trade fairs like this that you get a chance to find out exactly what is on the minds of SAP customers. As a result, it isn’t too soon to get a reading of the security issues that are considered important in the SAP environment.

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