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by André Fischer and Genady Podgaetsky, SAP AG SAPinsider Mobility, collaboration, and social media have brought great benefits to businesses, allowing employees to use their own devices and encouraging productivity. However, one of the biggest challenges that comes with this trend is the ability to keep business information secure across all of these applications and devices. SAP NetWeaver Gateway is paving the way for your SAP software to reach users anytime, anywhere, on any device. Such an expansive reach requires a comprehensive approach to security and user access. This article touches on the basics of network authentication with SAP NetWeaver Gateway to help you start formulating an approach that will work for you
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by Marko Sommer and Stephan Zlatarev, SAP AG SAPinsider If you aren't already integrating on-demand solutions into your end-to-end business processes, it's likely only a matter of time before you do. However, the cloud can bring with it a new set of challenges, particularly in the realm of security. For instance, while users have come to expect consistent user management and single sign-on capabilities for authenticating, securing, and integrating applications into their end-to-end processes, on-demand solutions have remained as separate entities that require separate user maintenance — until now. In this column, you'll learn about the new ID service from SAP that is enabling secure single sign-on in the cloud.
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by Jonathan Cooper and Frane Milicevic, SAP SAPinsider Eliminating the need for passwords in business applications means getting rid of processes that can be costly and that have inherent security risks. With single sign-on (SSO) functionality, users only need to authenticate once, thus eliminating password chaos. This article discusses how the argument in favor of SSO has become even stronger with the new security functionality that is now available within SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On.
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by Regine Schimmer and Gerlinde Zibulski, SAP SAPinsider SAP NetWeaver ID Management is an important tool for any customer working to manage users' access to applications while also meeting audit and compliance requirements. This article explores the tool's latest release — 7.2 — and delves into some of the new features and functionality that readers can look forward to.
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by Gerlinde Zibulski and Heiko Ettelbrück, SAP AG SAPinsider The latest SAP NetWeaver ID Management release, 7.1, support package 5, now offers dynamic reporting capabilities through the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BI Content Add-on 7.05 to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0. In this article, you’ll delve into these capabilities and explore how they can help users create more dynamic, identity management reports than ever before.
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by Gerlinde Zibulski and Regine Schimmer, SAP SAPinsider Companies considering cloud computing often focus on its numerous benefits, but too often overlook the potential risks that come with putting valuable data in the cloud. With the tips and tools in this article—including three questions you should get answered before exploring the cloud—companies can mitigate potential risks and take full advantage of cloud computing’s benefits.
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by Dimitar Mihaylov and Yonko Yonchev, SAP SAPinsider Traditional SSO technologies boost user productivity and streamline the authentication process, but are hampered by some key limitations. SAML 2.0 standards for SSO can help you overcome these limitations with a more automated authentication process and identity federation capabilities. Learn how SAP will be supporting these standards through an upcoming enhancement package.
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by Regine Schimmer and Jens Koster, SAP AG SAPinsider Many companies are realizing that they must weave governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) principles into their security processes. By complementing their existing identity management functionality with a GRC solution that manages access control, companies can enable compliant identity management, ensuring that roles and authorizations assigned to a user do not contain conflicting rights. This secures the identity management process, while making it completely compliant.
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by Gerlinde Zibulski, SAP AG SAPinsider With its sights set on enabling integrated security management, SAP reveals its future plans to enhance security offerings in support of networked environments and to augment the security capabilities available in SAP NetWeaver Identity Management.
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by Regine Brehm and Jens Koster, SAP AG SAPinsider See how SAP's identity management functionality can now be a connected, integrated part of your existing business processes. Walk through a helpful four-phase example of how to manage fictional employee Anna Smith's access rights and roles as she's hired, promoted, moved to another department, and ultimately terminated.
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