SAP Solution: Audit

Every year, as every SAP and security manager knows, the auditor's audit is due. And yet there is often uncertainty about the current risk situation of SAP systems.

Industry 4.0, IoT, cloud computing, blockchain and other key technologies associated with them harbor not only numerous opportunities but also considerable financial risks that cannot always be managed despite well thought-out project planning.

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to smaller news items as well as seemingly more or less important statements from the community. This is the place for SAP-specific press releases that otherwise tend to be overlooked.

Until now, indirect use has hovered over companies like a sword of Damocles. SAP has reacted and introduced a new licensing model. We look into the question of whether this is a fair solution or a toll.

The software audit is regarded as the spectre of IT: a measurement of the SAP license inventory followed by contract negotiations without reliable information about which licenses are available and how they are actually used.

The greatest challenge in the area of security with Hana concerns role and authorization management. In contrast to previous SAP ERP environments, SAP is taking a completely new approach here. Administrators must therefore rethink their approach.