E3 Category: Coverstory 17-10

The current headlines prove it: Anyone who takes the topic of data security lightly is risking their livelihood. However, securing business-critical data in the age of SAP S/4 Hana is anything but child's play. Andreas Opfer and Holger Hügel explain what companies should pay attention to today.

Although the number of security incidents at large and medium-sized companies is steadily increasing, many are subordinating the topic of data security to transformation projects. Andreas Opfer and Holger Hügel from Secude explain what modern security concepts should look like and how SAP managers can integrate them sensibly into current S/4 Hana migration projects.

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.