#Sap Security

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10 tips to safeguard your critical business data in SAP systems - ToggleNow

Secure your Critical Business Data Security and risk are becoming increasingly challenging as businesses become more connected. It requires data sharing between different systems, applications, and enterprises.

According to Forrester, companies will double their budgets for data strategy over the next five years and according to Gartner, transparency and traceability are among the Top Ten Strategic Technology Trends for 2022. Smart spaces, they claim, will offer better business opportunities.

It was found in another recent report by Onapsis that between 50,000 and 100,000 organizations use SAP systems that are vulnerable. An example that made the world aware of the importance of data security is the case with the New Zealand government. An immense data breach in which firearms, addresses, and names of gun owners were exposed led SAP itself to apologize to the government. There was no hacking involved in the breach, but 66 dealers got access to sensitive information because of a change in user access given to dealers participating in the buyback scheme.

“Between 50,000 to 100,000 organizations use SAP systems that are vulnerable.”

Apparently, SAP is working on various solutions to increase the security of data. In addition, it reminds clients that security is a collaborative effort, and emphasizes the importance of proper system configuration.

The importance of security in SAP Data breaches and ransomware attacks are on the rise, and the global pandemic presents new opportunities for cybercriminals. Many employees today access corporate resources through virtual private networks (VPNs). The shift to remote work has resulted in a more permissive VPN policy, which compromises corporate networks in an indirect way.

There is a need for IT security teams to accomplish more with less budget or with the same budget. It is part of their job responsibility to manage day-to-day IT and security operations, find and retain skilled security talent, identify and address security capability gaps, and maximize the return on investment (ROI).

Almost seven out of ten organizations do not place a high priority on securing their SAP systems. Considering the recent spike in cyber-attacks, it is essential to secure SAP systems. We have put together a list of 10 tips you can use immediately to secure your critical business data in SAP system.

Own it – Don’t blame When a security breach occurs, who is responsible? A recent survey by Onapsis found that half of the respondents believe SAP is to blame for security breaches – not anyone within their own organization. Another 30% believe that no one is responsible. A small percentage of people believe that the CIO or CISO is responsible for a security breach.

50% blame SAP for security breaches

30% have no idea

20% say it is CIO/CISO’s responsibility

63% of C-Level executives underestimate the risks associated with insecure SAP applications

The dangers associated with insecure SAP applications are underestimated by 63% of C-level executives.

Regularly update the EHP & SPS One of the most significant steps to staying secure is to keep your system up to date. Enhancement packages are delivered by SAP to deliver new innovations/functionality or “enhancements” to customers without disruption. Ensure you have the latest enhancement packs installed, and that you aren’t several versions behind. It is always risky to be a first adopter, but it is also imperative to avoid falling behind (n-1 is always recommended). Technology and computer security are constantly improving, so it is important to keep your system up to date with patches, fixes, updates, and enhancement packs.

As part of its Support Package Stacks, SAP releases periodic security solutions. The Support Package Stacks are patches for a given product that should be applied together. It is recommended that these stacks be applied at least once a year, and SAP specifies the maintenance schedule on its website. In addition, ToggleNow can help you identify your system’s most critical SPSs.

The Right SODs make a difference As business processes rapidly evolve, employee roles and responsibilities are also changing. By establishing boundaries between roles assigned to an employee and conflicts of interest that may arise from the employee’s responsibilities, segregation of duties aims to reduce internal fraud risks. For example, one employee processes a PO while another verifies and approves it. This adds more control and prevents payments to ‘fake’ vendors.

It is becoming more common for mature organisations to look for ways to improve Segregation of Duties management while reducing costs. It is imperative for businesses to integrate an advanced, quick, and easy-to-install Access Management tool that fits with their systems. This will avoid conflicts after an employee’s role or tasks change.

This can be achieved either by implementing the SAP GRC Access Control solution or ToggleNow’s SoD Analysis solution for SAP. The SAP Security Assessment services provided by ToggleNow will identify the right solutions for your organization. Additionally, if you have SAP GRC implemented, explore the various SAP GRC services that are offered by us.

With the help of our SMEs, you will be able to implement the right separation of duties strategies and ensure that you comply with the various regulations and mandates.

Ensure the quality of your code SAP systems typically have over 30 percent proprietary code, depending on the industry. Statistics indicate that one critical security defect occurs for every 1,000 lines of ABAP code.

It is possible that SAP system performance will be adversely affected. It is estimated that the average SAP system contains 2,151 risks, and 70% of enterprises fail to audit their ABAP custom code for compliance and security.

It is possible to simplify the security process for your code. It is no longer necessary for organizations to invest time, money, and manpower in major security projects. An analysis of your code beforehand will enable you to identify and prioritize any risks and issues before you begin an upgrade.

To ensure security, performance, maintainability, robustness, and compliance with ABAP standards, integrate coding and quality assurance into a single activity.

Finally, you should only keep the custom code you need. It introduces unnecessary risks and increases the amount of effort needed for unnecessary code corrections when redundant unused custom code is used.

Wondering how to handle the situation? Here is a solution – SAP Solution Manager CCLM is a fantastic solution that addresses the majority of these requirements. Refer to this blog

Implement SAP Solution Manager – Security Optimization Service (SOS) We are often asked by clients what tools are available to check the security of SAP systems? Additionally, to Early Watch Alert (EWA), SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN) has a Security Optimization Service (SOS) report that focuses on security.

Security Optimization Service for the SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP checks the security of your SAP system(s) and perform the following checks:

Basis administration check

User management check

Super users check

Password check

Spool and printer authorization check

Background authorization check

Batch input authorization check

Transport control authorization check

Role management authorization check

Profile parameter check

SAP GUI Single Sign-On (SSO) check

Certificate Single Sign-On (SSO) check

External authentication check

You’ll need the latest version of SOLMAN and the latest support pack to set this up. The managed system must also be configured and setup in SOLMAN without any errors and the instance is correctly defined in LMDB. (Status Green). Additionally, the OS collector must be running on your target instances and database.

It is important, however, to answer the following before setting up the SOS:

Does your organization have the capacity to manually review those reports and act on each recommendation?

It is set correctly so that your team has ample time to review and act on the reports.

Read ToggleNow’s success story on this subject. We have implemented Solution Manager 7.2 for one of our clients who is a leading refractory company in India since 1958.

Regular health checks keep the system healthy Yes, you heard that right. Humans and systems alike benefit from regular health checks. Ponemon Institute reports that organizations lack visibility “into the security of SAP applications and lack the expertise to detect, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks quickly.”

Early detection is the key to staying healthy or secure. A frequent ERP system check helps you get a comprehensive picture of your ERP landscape before making changes and identifying areas for improvement. This is just like healthy people need annual checkups and preventative medicine to stay healthy and detect problems early. Regular health checkups can identify security gaps. Additionally, EWA and SOS reports provide an in-depth analysis of the system. According to experts’ recommendations, SAP Solution Manager must be configured to support these modules.

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Navigating SAP Security Risks: How to Protect Your Business

This blog post explores the fundamental elements and sub-elements of SAP security, an essential element in the administration and safeguarding of a SAP system. Its purpose is to maintain system integrity and ensure the protection of sensitive data. In order to safeguard user accounts, SAP runtime configurations grant them role-specific permissions to execute particular operations. Authorizations…

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SAP Security and Compliance Training for Data Protection and Privacy

SAP Security and Compliance Training for Data Protection and Privacy is a comprehensive program designed to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure the secure and compliant use of SAP systems. This training covers key aspects of data protection and privacy within the SAP environment, addressing critical issues related to access control, authorization management, and adherence to relevant regulations.

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Hackers are Tracking Your Every Move-Secure Your SAP Systems

2019 was the year of data breaches, security invasions, and cyber-attacks. The healthcare industry saw the worst cyber-attacks and most of them related to identity theft. Information such as date of birth, social security number, and name allows hackers to invade your personal space, which leads to phishing attempts — in the most sophisticated manner.

Check this website to know more about the top data breaches of 2019.

Why You Should Care?

A lot of enterprises feel safe in their well-defined IT infrastructure, safety architecture, and policy framework. Do you think you are safe with these? If you think so, read through. Cyber-threats need not be always from the outside world who are trying to invade your space or enter your office system. It is highly likely for the internal stakeholders to open doors to outsiders.

With that being said, the above statement only means that it is possible for your employees to unknowingly initiate a data theft.

How it is possible?

Most of the time, it is beyond the knowledge of the employee that he or she has initiated a cyber-attack. For instance, leaving the office door open to unknown professionals or sharing security-enabled data or passwords with unauthorized professionals might initiate an attack.

Remember that attackers are willing to get into your ERP system like SAP by exploiting vulnerable entries in technical, infrastructure, and security layers. Your workforce is the easiest entry point. When the stakeholders of your business are not properly trained, it likely for them to turn the security structure upside down without intentional urge to do so.

Hence, if you own SAP system as your ERP, it is time you stop thinking of the security architecture you have in place and start thinking of how to consistently monitor SAP’s cyber-security from every direction. It is necessary to develop a custom security and governance strategy to mitigate and address looming system risks.

Check out this interesting article shared by Reuters on how hackers invade our ERP systems like Oracle and SAP.

What are the recent cyber-attacks happened in SAP space?

In 2012, we saw the first SAP system attack. Till then, of course, everyone was oblivious of the situation and didn’t think that it is even possible to break into the SAP system. But, it happened then and it can happen now.

An anonymous group invaded Greece’s Ministry of Finance’s SAP system. The result, the theft involved the credentials of several ministry employees, identity theft, and major damage to the reputation.

Since then, the SAP attacks never ceased. There were attacks where banking information was pulled from the system and key logging was utilized to extract data related to passwords.

In 2014, a GPU-maker NVidia experienced an attack on its old SAP NetWeaver. They failed to implement an SAP-approved patch, which caused them a lot. The customer service data breach was undeniably destructive for the organization in every sense.

In 2018, the US National Cyber-security and Communications Integration Center released a report indicating “A rapidly rising interest by hacker activists, cyber-criminals and government spy agencies in raiding vulnerable ERPs.” According to the report, at least 10,000 organizations are using vulnerable SAP implementations and there are more than 4,000 separate bugs in SAP packages that hackers can use as an entry point.

All of these incidents caused huge damage. Till the time, the attack was detected, thousands of dollars worth of damage was already caused.

Why SAP Clients Are at Risk?

As mentioned, you might have a strong security strategy, Virtual private networks, Anti Virus and Anti threat detection software, and so on. Having such highly sophisticated hardware/software doesn’t save you from these threats.

Here are few reasons on why your SAP system might be at risk:

How to Minimize the Risk?

Following are few of the suggestions to minimize the risk.

Consistent updating of patches.

Regular SAP audits.

Regular proactive security measures.

Ensuring employee security training.

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Safeguard your SAP system from various cyber threats and data breaches. ToggleNow has rich experience in delivering SAP Security services include end-to-end SAP Security design, assessment, authorization redesign with minimized Segregation of Duties (SoDs)

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Sap Security Consultant Service

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Why Enterprises Need Quantum-Safe Cryptography in SAP: Securing the Future with NeuVays

In today’s digital-first business environment, enterprise data security is no longer a back-office IT function—it is a strategic priority. Organizations worldwide depend on the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) to power innovation, analytics, and process automation. However, the rapid evolution of quantum computing is threatening the cryptographic foundations of even the most secure SAP landscapes.

To stay ahead of this curve, enterprises must act now to adopt quantum-safe cryptography in SAP, safeguarding their most valuable digital assets before quantum decryption capabilities become mainstream. NeuVays, a forward-looking SAP partner, is pioneering Quantum-Safe SAP BTP Architecture to help enterprises secure their digital ecosystems—today and tomorrow.

🔐 The Threat: Quantum Computing and Cryptographic Risk

Traditional encryption algorithms such as RSA and ECC have protected enterprise data for decades. But with the advancement of quantum computing, these classical methods are at risk. Quantum machines, once powerful enough, can break current encryption schemes in a fraction of the time required by classical computers.

The risk is particularly alarming for enterprises using SAP systems to store and process:

Financial transactions

Personal identifiable information (PII)

Intellectual property (IP)

Supply chain data

This creates a scenario known as "harvest now, decrypt later," where malicious actors capture encrypted data today to decrypt it in the near-future once quantum capabilities mature.

🧬 What Is Quantum-Safe Cryptography?

Quantum-safe cryptography, also called post-quantum cryptography (PQC), refers to cryptographic algorithms designed to be secure against quantum computing attacks. These include methods like:

Lattice-based cryptography

Code-based cryptography

Multivariate polynomial equations

Hash-based signatures

These algorithms are being standardized by global institutions like NIST and ISO, signaling their importance in future-proofing digital infrastructures.

💡 Why Enterprises Need Quantum-Safe Cryptography in SAP

1. Future-Proof Enterprise Data Security

SAP systems hold the digital DNA of an organization. From customer data to business logic and financials, a breach in SAP can cripple operations and trust. Adopting quantum-safe encryption ensures that enterprise data stored or transmitted via SAP BTP remains secure in the quantum era.

2. Regulatory Compliance and Long-Term Confidentiality

Data protection laws like the GDPR, DPDP Act (India), and HIPAA mandate long-term confidentiality of sensitive data. Quantum-safe cryptography ensures encrypted records remain compliant decades into the future.

3. Defending Against “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” Attacks

Even if a quantum attack doesn’t happen tomorrow, data exfiltrated today may still be decrypted later. With SAP BTP encryption framework, NeuVays integrates hybrid encryption models that combine traditional and post-quantum algorithms to eliminate such risks.

4. Strengthening the SAP BTP Security Framework

SAP BTP provides several native tools to manage security—role-based access, identity authentication, logging, and encryption. Quantum-safe cryptography enhances the existing SAP BTP security model by securing its weakest links: long-lived secrets and cryptographic keys.

🧱 Quantum-Safe SAP BTP Architecture by NeuVays

NeuVays has engineered a specialized framework—Quantum-Safe SAP BTP Architecture—to transform enterprise SAP landscapes into resilient, future-ready environments. This includes:

✔ Integration of Post-Quantum Algorithms

Leveraging NIST-recommended quantum-resistant algorithms like CRYSTALS-Kyber and Dilithium to replace RSA and ECC in key exchanges and digital signatures.

✔ Hybrid Cryptographic Framework

Combining quantum-safe and classical algorithms to ensure backward compatibility while securing future transmissions.

✔ SAP BTP Encryption Framework Optimization

Strengthening the SAP BTP encryption framework to support advanced cryptographic libraries, including customer-managed keys and key lifecycle automation.

✔ Zero-Trust Architecture Alignment

Ensuring that quantum-safe cryptography supports a Zero Trust security model, including continuous verification, least privilege access, and secure identity management.

🔎 SAP BTP Security Best Practices: How NeuVays Delivers End-to-End Protection

While quantum-safe cryptography addresses emerging threats, it’s only one part of a comprehensive defense. At NeuVays, we integrate SAP BTP security best practices to build robust environments, including:

Role-based access control (RBAC) and SSO integrations

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement

Encrypted APIs and service connections

Continuous logging and anomaly detection

Data isolation and tenant segregation

Our approach ensures that even if quantum threats evolve, your SAP landscape remains secure across all layers.

📈 Industry Use Case: Quantum-Safe Data in Action

A global logistics enterprise running on SAP BTP approached NeuVays to secure sensitive route optimization and partner data. The company anticipated major competition and potential state-sponsored threats to its proprietary algorithms.

NeuVays’ solution:

Upgraded SAP BTP security configurations

Integrated lattice-based quantum-safe algorithms for data encryption

Applied hybrid cryptography to secure data in transit and at rest

Customized dashboards to monitor cryptographic performance

Result: The enterprise achieved long-term data protection and compliance while gaining a competitive edge as a future-ready organization.

🧠 Preparing for a Quantum Future with NeuVays

The quantum era is no longer hypothetical—governments and big tech companies are investing billions into quantum R&D. With SAP BTP being the central nervous system of digital enterprises, ensuring its security is non-negotiable.

NeuVays guides enterprises in:

Assessing quantum risk to existing SAP environments

Creating roadmaps to quantum-safe architecture

Integrating encryption best practices and identity management

Aligning with upcoming global security standards

🚀 Why Choose NeuVays for SAP BTP Security

NeuVays is not just a SAP implementation partner—we are a SAP-certified partner and security-first technology firm specializing in SAP BTP security and enterprise data security. Our unique positioning allows us to:

Blend functional expertise with advanced cryptography

Deploy scalable security architecture across industries

Offer 24/7 SAP BTP performance and threat monitoring

Future-proof your business before cyber threats catch up

✅ Conclusion

Quantum computing is set to revolutionize industries—and cyber threats. Enterprises that continue to rely on classical encryption without upgrading will risk losing data integrity, compliance status, and stakeholder trust.

Why do enterprises need quantum-safe cryptography in SAP? Because waiting is not an option.

With NeuVays' Quantum-Safe SAP BTP Architecture, robust encryption frameworks, and SAP BTP best practices, your enterprise can confidently protect what matters most—now and in the future.

📞 Ready to build quantum-safe SAP security? Contact NeuVays to get started today.

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In today’s digital landscape, the security of your data and systems is paramount. Our mission is to provide you with robust, comprehensive cybersecurity solutions & services that protect your SAP infrastructure from evolving threats.

With a team of seasoned cybersecurity experts, we offer a wide range of services tailored to meet the unique needs of your organization. From compliance analytic services to real-time threat monitoring to advanced encryption and compliance management, we ensure that your SAP environment remains secure, resilient, and compliant with industry standards.

Explore our services and discover how we can help you achieve a secure and reliable SAP landscape, empowering your business to thrive in a secure digital world. Your security is our priority, and we are committed to delivering exceptional protection and peace of mind.

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From Risk to Resilience: Building Confidence Through Data Governance

Pilots don’t take off without a full system check. Airlines don’t fly without a clear, tested plan to handle emergencies.

So why would your organization operate without strong data governance?

Backups are like a black box—valuable only after a failure occurs. Governance, on the other hand, acts as your checklist, co-pilot, and emergency plan all in one.

In today’s complex digital world, data disruptions are not rare—they’re routine. And most incidents aren’t caused by cyberattacks but by misconfigurations, system failures, or human mistakes.

True resilience isn’t about reacting—it’s about anticipating. And that begins with governance.

PiLog’s Data Governance Solution is designed for the challenges of tomorrow, available today. It integrates real-time governance seamlessly with SAP S/4HANA via BTP, while embedding GDPR-compliant policies at every stage.

This solution doesn’t just bring clarity—it delivers operational certainty.

Its governance framework builds resilience throughout the entire data lifecycle by:

Preventing failures before they occur

Detecting issues in real time

Enabling fast, complete, and compliant recovery when needed

Ask yourself:

Where are your backups?

Are they secure?

Have they been thoroughly stress-tested?

Who is responsible if recovery fails?

PiLog’s Data Governance turns these critical questions into clear answers. It transforms chaos into clarity—and reactive firefighting into proactive reading

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SAP HANA Privilege-Based Roles – A Deep Dive

Designing, configuring, and implementing SAP Security is a complex and resource-intensive task. Hence, companies should identify the right approach before building authorizations. This is also important when it comes to SAP HANA privilege-based roles.

I have personally experienced and helped a few organizations with the design of the role definition approach. From this experience, I can say that identifying the proper security requirements during the system build helps in avoiding the need for redesigning at a later stage.

Before we move on, please note that the SAP HANA platform has its own role model, which is more complex than the SAP NetWeaver ABAP authorization model. 

SAP HANA has:

Analytic Privileges that will restrict user authorization on data

System Privileges that will control the authorization on administrative tasks

Object Privileges that allows various authorizations such as SELECT, DELETE, EXECUTE, etc., on database objects

Package Privileges are used for providing read/write authorization on repositories

Application Privileges are used for managing HANA applications, mostly XS Engine based

These privileges can be assigned to the users directly from the HANA Studio, or Web IDE if the administrator has a USER ADMIN privilege assigned to him. However, before designing the authorization approach, I would also like to highlight a few points that should be considered:

– Assigning privileges directly is not a recommended approach as:

It increases the maintenance activity

Makes the authorization management weird, and you will have no clue of who has what

Unnecessary access has to be provided to the administrators due to the GRANT authorization limitation.

Issues with ownership as objects are owned by the creator and not by the repository owner.

So, What Is The Recommended Approach?

Simplify

The mantra for any successful role design is to simplify. Always keep the authorization structure easy. This makes the maintenance hassle-free and provides complete visibility of the authorizations at any given point in time.

Always Create the Roles as Repository (Design-Time) Objects

You might ask me here why SAP has provided the option of creating the roles as Catalog objects. Let me explain this — every role that we are assigning to the users should be a part of the HANA Catalog. Unless the run-time version is available, you can’t assign it to the users. When a role is created as a run-time object, the owner of the role is the ‘Creator’ who can decide which user should have authorization to it. Further, when the creator is dropped, the role will be deleted and the assignments will be revoked automatically.