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If you´re a Basis administrator looking to keep your SAP system under lock and key, this is the book for you! Discover information on security-relevant issues, from identity and access management to network and backend security. Get the technical know-how to identify vulnerabilities, defend your system from internal and external threats, and pass audits. Secure your SAP system from the ground up!

In this book, you´ll learn about:

a. Security Basics
Define system log on and password rules, secure transactions and clients, and learn to use the Common Cryptographic Library.

b. User Management
Create users, define roles, and implement authorizations and authentication to ensure the right people have the right access in your system.

c. External Security
Make sure your system´s database and infrastructure are protected from unauthorized external access using encryption, the Internet Connection Manager (ICM), the SAP Virus Scan Interface, firewalls, and more.

Highlights:

Password security
CommonCryptoLib
Single sign-on (SSO)
Authorizations
Transport security
Audit logging
Patching
Client locking
RFC security
Operating system and database security

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Markgraf, Joe
Joe Markgraf is a senior cloud architect and advisor for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud at SAP. Before joining SAP he worked as a Basis and security administrator, contributing to both small- and large-scale SAP system implementations. He holds a business degree with a focus on information system management from Oregon State University. He enjoys playing vintage video games and shooting sports with his family in Washington State.

Banzer, Alessandro
Alessandro Banzer is the Chief Executive Officer of Xiting, LLC. He has worked in information technology since 2004, specializing in SAP in 2009. Since then, Alessandro has been involved with global SAP projects in various roles. Alessandro is an active contributor and moderator in the Governance, Risk, and Compliance space on SAP Community, as well as a speaker at SAPPHIRE, ASUG, SAPInsider, and other SAP-related events. He holds a degree in business information technology, as well as an executive master of business administration from Hult International Business School in London, UK.

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