It's a mad, mad, mad, mad digital world out there. Keep your SAP system under lock and key with this administrator's guide to SAP system security Discover information on security-relevant issues, from backend security to identity and access management, and gain the technical know-how to identify vulnerabilities and defend your system. With details on current and emerging topics, gain insight into the latest tricks of the trade. How safe is your SAP system?

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Security Basics Cover the basics before diving deep into more complex security topics: system roles, built-in security measures, user security, transactions, and SAP Solution Manager.

b. Authorizations and Defense Discover how to implement password security and authorization measures so the right people have the right access. Then, defend your system against external intruders with the SAP Virus Scan Interface.

c. New SAP Security Measures Tackle the challenges of securing SAP HANA as both an application platform and a database, and then learn about the extra steps that need to take place for cloud- and mobile-based security.

Highlights:

• Operating system and database security
• Password security
• Single sign-on
• Authorizations
• Communication security
• SAP Virus Scan Interface
• Custom code
• SAP HANA security
• SAP cloud security
• Mobile security