Abstract of the technical article in the current October issue of "IT Security", supplement of IT Management
SAP applications contain large amounts of sensitive data. From protected personal information to privileged financial data, this data always harbors risks that companies must deal with, because SAP ERP does not have any built-in masking functions for custom-tailored anonymization in views. As such, the unchecked disclosure of data represents a potential leak, opening up a huge target for potential exploitation. Although add-ons and solutions from SAP and third parties are available to tackle this problem, significant challenges still remain. This is where the concept of attribute-based data masking comes in.
“IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING DATA THAT IS NEEDED AND AVAILABLE, BUT SHOULDN’T BE SEEN BY EVERYONE, TO LIMIT THE VIEWS TO THE RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE GIVEN SITUATION.”
[Read the complete article free of charge online at it-daily.net in the issue IT Security October 2022, pages 52+53.]