Securing SAP S/4HANA

Explore how to protect and defend your SAP S/4HANA applications, Fiori, Gateway, and the SAP HANA database platform. Learn how to create a consistent cross-system authorization concept and translate the technical specifics for each system into a comprehensive and consistent security model. Explore technical security aspects such as privileges and roles, authentication and encryption, and monitoring for S/4HANA. Compare and contrast SAP S/4HANA applications to the SAP ERP security model and identify what has changed. This book is up to date for SAP HANA 2.0! Dive into SAP S/4HANA authorizations and gain an understanding of the impact on the new front-end and database security setup, and why the different levels need to be consistent. Get best practices for SAP Fiori and Gateway. Find out why it is important to secure SAP HANA from an application layer point of view, as well as a database point of view. Take an in-depth look at how to secure the SAP Application Server, database, operating system, and the network infrastructure.  Effectively secure SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, and GatewayPrivileges and roles, authentication, encryption, and monitoringMobile access and SSO considerationsCross-system authorization concepts and implementation

Bert Vanstechelman is a partner of and principal technical consultant at Expertum. He has more than 20 years of experience in SAP technical consulting, covering all kinds of SAP versions in combination with all possible databases and operating systems supported by SAP. Bert specializes in platform migrations, SAP release upgrades, and SAP HANA conversions. Bert is the founder of Logos Consulting, now part of Expertum. Bert is a member of the board of advisors of the SAP Professional Journal. He is the author of the SAP HANA Implementation Guide published by Espresso Tutorials. He is also the co-author, with Mark Mergaerts, of the following SAP PRESS books: Upgrading SAP, SAP NetWeaver Application Server Upgrade Guide, The OS/DB Migration Project Guide, and the mySAP ERP Upgrade Project Guide. He can be contacted at bert.vanstechelman@expertum.net.