IT Security - Between Wish and Reality

According to the DSAG trend analysis, the willingness to invest additionally in the security of SAP systems has fallen to 42 percent compared to the previous year. In addition, the view prevails across all company sizes that cloud solutions require different security strategies than conventional solutions.

A topic on which 91 percent of large companies and 88 percent of small companies agree. Only eleven percent have an overview of their security-specific settings with the help of a security dashboard.

There is also a gap of several percentage points between wish and reality when it comes to satisfaction with SAP's support in terms of system security. Only four percent of respondents gave this a grade of 1 and 18 percent a grade of 2.

A score of 3 was awarded by 49 percent. Values that have deteriorated compared to 2018. This is a clear indication that even better support is needed from SAP.