Security is the #1 roadblock for a successful transition to S/4HANA. Protect your data, adapt your authorizations, and harden your cloud systems before you go live.
Migrating from SAP ERP (ECC) to S/4HANA – whether via system conversions (Brownfield) or new implementations (Greenfield) – is a complex security challenge. The transition introduces architectural shifts in authentication models, data structures, and communication protocols. Organizations must navigate the move to Fiori authorizations, harden SAP HANA databases, and secure legacy custom code before it is converted for S/4HANA.
Without an automated security framework, 81% of transformation projects face delays, costing an average of $4.12 million. Layer Seven Security provides an SAP-certified solution to harden S/4HANA systems and supporting components, automate compliance, secure custom ABAP/SAPUI5 code, and protect against threats throughout the migration lifecycle.
Migrating to S/4HANA involves moving your most critical business processes into a modern, often cloud-hosted architecture. With 68% of migrations involving cloud hosting, the risks of manual security management are significant.
81% of digital transformation projects experience delays or failures, with security challenges in user roles and custom programs being the primary drivers.
Insecure SAP applications in cloud environments can be discovered and compromised in less than 3 hours.
Legacy SAP systems contain an average of 2500 vulnerabilities in custom code. If these are migrated without remediation, they become permanent built-in backdoors in your S/4HANA landscape.
We secure every phase of the transition to SAP S/4HANA by applying security best practices and SAP recommendations throughout the migration lifecycle, ensuring protection is built into the process from planning and preparation to deployment and post-migration operations.
Layer Seven Security delivers a more unified, simpler, and more cost-effective approach to S/4HANA security than combining multiple SAP tools such as Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Enterprise Threat Detection (ETD), and Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA).
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Critical Access & SoD Checks for S/4HANA |
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Detailed Reporting including Risk Analysis & Recommendations |
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Report Scheduling including Automatic Email Distribution |
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Dashboard & Trend Analysis Integration |
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Ruleset Customization |
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Support for User Exclusions |
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SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer (SAP CVA) |
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Support for ABAP Code |
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Support for SAPUI5 Code |
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Quantity of Security Code Checks |
300+ |
70+ |
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Support for Centralized Scanning |
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Integration with ABAP Test Cockpit and SAP Code Inspector |
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Report Scheduling including Automatic Email Distribution |
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External Call Analysis for Custom Programs |
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Dashboard & Trend Analysis Integration |
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Support for Exclusions |
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SAP Enterprise Threat Detection (SAP ETD) |
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Support for ABAP |
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Support for HANA |
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Support for Java |
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Support for ASE Database |
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Support for Linux OS |
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Support for SAProuter |
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Support for SAP Web Dispatcher |
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Quantity of Patterns |
1200+ |
170+ |
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Detection of Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities |
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Forensic Analysis of SAP Logs |
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Custom Threat Patterns and Alarms |
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SIEM Integration |
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Alert Tuning including Exclusions |
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Incident Response |
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Report Scheduling including Automatic Email Distribution |
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Dashboards & Trend Analysis |
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Layer Seven Security provide more coverage at a lower cost than SAP RISE security solutions and services. Ensure your Cloud ERP environment is secure and compliant from day one.
Before go-live, organizations should complete a full security baseline review covering user and role design, authentication and single sign-on settings, SAP Fiori launchpad and business-role authorizations, SAP Gateway and OData exposure, application logging and auditing, implementation of relevant SAP Security Notes, hardening of the underlying SAP HANA database, and security testing of custom ABAP and Fiori code. SAP’s S/4HANA security guidance makes clear that S/4HANA security is not limited to backend authorizations alone, but also includes Fiori, Gateway, HANA, user administration, and system hardening, so a safe go-live should confirm that these control areas have been reviewed, remediated, and validated before production cutover.
Layer Seven Security manage the risk of security-related delays and failures during S/4HANA migrations through automated access risk analysis, custom code scanning, secure configuration, and ongoing monitoring. Our Cybersecurity Extension for SAP can identify and manage critical access and segregation-of-duties issues in S/4HANA, detect vulnerabilities in custom applications and programs, support secure configuration of S/4HANA systems, and monitor systems after deployment. The solution provides comprehensive coverage for vulnerability management, patch management, compliance reporting, custom code security and threat detection for SAP solutions. It is certified for S/4HANA.
Download our comprehensive framework for securing your migration, featuring SAP-recommended best practices.
Schedule a consultation with our S/4HANA security specialists to discuss how to automate your security framework and manage the risk of security-related delays and overruns.