SAP Solution: Cybersecurity

Digital data management is essential, but only 20 percent of companies have implemented it already. All other companies are at risk of falling victim to a hacker attack.

SAP's cryptic programming language Abap is not a protective wall against cyber attacks. The Abap code is well documented and other entry points exist. SAP systems are at risk just like other IT systems.

The topics of security, access and defense are becoming increasingly important in a heterogeneous, mobile and agile IT landscape. For a long time, the focus was on the challenge of cyber security. However, the topic must be understood more broadly and universally.

The EU has presented the Cyber Resilience Act, which aims to improve the security of IoT devices. Bitkom criticizes the high level of bureaucracy for companies.

Cyber attacks are seen as an acute danger. The increasing level of digitization enables new gateways.

The average damage caused by cyberattacks on industrial facilities reaches millions of dollars.

The majority of IT decision-makers in Germany believe that the issue of cybersecurity has taken a back seat in digital business initiatives over the past year.

The latest CEO survey from research and advisory firm Gartner found that CEOs and executives will think significantly differently about staffing, purpose, pricing and productivity in 2022 than they did before, particularly in relation to sustainability, workforce issues and inflation.

A study by Avast shows that more than half of IT decision-makers in small and medium-sized businesses are more concerned about cybersecurity today than they were before the pandemic.

The market for IT security is also at an all-time high in the pandemic year 2020: In Germany, for example, an estimated 5.2 billion euros will be spent on hardware, software and services in this area.

The data center is in a period of upheaval. Digital transformation projects are bringing about a shift from on-premises legacy infrastructures to agile hybrid cloud environments.

The majority of corporate decision-makers believe AI can support cyber security - and they're right on the money.