Active Directory Authentication for SAP®

Can the challenge of synchronizing passwords between Active Directory and SAP be overcome?
SAP users within a large enterprise tend to login to their local machines using their system credentials, which are in turn validated against the enterprise’s Active Directory infrastructure. Following this, users login to their chosen SAP instance using their SAP credentials. These are [...]

Two-Factor Authentication: Shield Against Smart Social Engineering Attacks

An ex-employee of your company was recently terminated due to consistent below-average performance. Unable to come to terms of the real cause of his dismissal, the employee carefully plans to wreck havoc in your company’s database – he may even want to sell your confidential business details to your market rivals!

He gains access to [...]

Zwei-Faktoren Authentifikation: Schutz gegen „Social- Engineering“ Attacken

Einem ehemaligen Mitarbeiter Ihres Unternehmens wurde kürzlich wegen konsequent unterdurchschnittlicher Leistungen gekündigt. Unfähig den wahren Grund seiner Entlassung zu akzeptieren, plant der Mitarbeiter die Datenbanken Ihres Unternehmens zu zerstören – er könnte sogar vertrauliche Informationen an die Konkurrenz verkaufen.

Er verschafft sich Zugang zu den internen Computer-Systemen des Unternehmens, die durch täglich wechselnde Passwörter [...]

Single Sign-On: What to consider when quantifying cost benefits

IT professionals today intuitively understand the value of Single Sign-On (SSO) – improved productivity, reduced password administration effort, and a dramatic decrease in calls to the IT helpdesk due to forgotten passwords. Studies1 have shown that password reset requests can make up to 30% of a company’s helpdesk calls. However, intuition and external studies might [...]

Compliance through Simple, Transaction-based Re-Authentication

Companies throughout the world rely on business software solutions from SAP to manage their core business processes – including product portfolio management, product development, clinical trials supply chain management, manufacturing, human resource management and customer relationship management. Through its end-to-end software solutions SAP helps thousands of companies to transform into more efficient operations, cost-effective regulatory [...]