Author: Holger Hügel, Secude

Since business processes process data across application and platform boundaries, data should also be protected across the board. Using its own internal SAP landscape, Microsoft shows how effective Azure Information Protection is with the help of Secude.

Data is the new gold - and CIOs no longer need to be visionaries to realize this. Big Data and IoT are a reality and have caused data volumes to explode.

The recent headlines about the discovery of a USB stick containing unencrypted data about surveillance cameras, escape routes and police patrols at Heathrow Airport clearly show what can happen when such sensitive information falls into the wrong hands.

Digital platforms such as SAP S/4 Hana and increasing application integration present SAP security managers with new challenges. If you want to effectively secure intellectual property and sensitive data in the future, you need to think beyond system boundaries and establish new data-centric security concepts. A new guide from SECUDE shows what companies can do in the medium and long term to secure processes against data misuse across all systems and to ensure the...

Most business processes are not limited to SAP. Much sensitive data is exported by users to MS Office applications - a risk that is significantly underestimated.

Data that could previously be protected by SAP authorization concepts is now increasingly exported from secure SAP systems and redistributed via third-party applications such as MS Office. Anyone who wants to protect their data should think about new, data-centric security concepts and anchor them as a core process in operational IT operations.

With the new EU GDPR, data protection has become a matter for the boss. As of May 2018, violations of this regulation will no longer be punished with a maximum fine of 300,000 euros, but with up to 20 million euros or four percent of global sales, whichever is higher. This is making CFOs and CIOs sit up and take notice.