Defense and Security

Like everyone else, I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of work in the midst of Covid-19. And while the global pandemic will recede, it is also clear that one of its lasting legacies is a permanently changed workplace. And what are those... Read More »

I am starting today a new blog series about how to use the logon trace created via SM50 to resolve logon-based issues. I will use the logon trace to analyze password issues, issues with SSO based on logon tickets and issues with SSO based on X.509... Read More »

If SNC is activated in SAP GUI and in NWBC, the logon popup never appears again. This is exactly what you would expect from a Single Sign-On technology, but sometimes you might still want to have a logon popup (for testing purposes for... Read More »

Ariba Security User Management Introduction Scope Ariba user management User creation using UI process User creation using the CSV export/Import Ariba groups for Contracts and Auctions Who needs a user account? Anyone who will: Log into Ariba... Read More »

Single Sign-On in Remote Scenarios The first part of this blog series dealt with accessing one or more ABAP back end systems (see here NWBC meets Single Sign-On: Simplify Secure Data… | SCN). Part two describes how to access multiple... Read More »

Creating Secure Test Data a weblog, by Mark S. Ciminello, MBA, PMP, CISSP, CCSP updated March 5, 2020 Mark Ciminello is SAP’s Principal Engineer for Cloud Security and is SAP’s lead resource in the domains of Cloud (hosting), InfoSec, Data... Read More »

Thanks to the SAP devX external conferences program I had the opportunity to attend virtually the BlackHat USA conference. Together with DefCon, BlackHat is one the most advanced and exciting conference on offensive and defensive security that a... Read More »

Now is the time to influence SAP! SAP Customer Engagement Initiative (CEI) provides you with early insights into new SAP product developments. This is a key opportunity for you to provide feedback, input and ideas at early stages of development and... Read More »

Organisationen, die SAP als Geschäftsanwendung oder ERP-System verwenden, speichern häufig ihre wichtigsten Vermögenswerte, einschließlich des geistigen Eigentums, in SAP. Diese Daten müssen vor unberechtigtem Zugriff von außen und innerhalb... Read More »

For defense organizations worldwide, acquiring integrated logistics support (ILS) data from their OEMs has become a largely routine process. Most governments have established or adopted standards and specifications for defense OEMs to format and... Read More »