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Application governance encompasses the policies and rules enterprises adopt to manage their applications. The objectives of application governance are to increase data security, manage risks, and keep applications running smoothly. Application governance helps ensure that development teams properly plan and manage various aspects of an application, including how they deploy assets, integrate systems, and secure…

Application security frameworks are structured processes that can help organizations protect mission-critical applications. Some frameworks are created by research organizations or standards bodies, while others are mandated by regulators for certain industries. An application security framework provides a detailed and comprehensive approach to protecting applications and the sensitive data they hold. An important role of…

What Is Cloud Security? Cloud security helps keep data and applications safe and private across cloud infrastructure, systems, and platforms. Securing cloud systems is a shared responsibility between cloud providers and customers, including individuals, small to medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprises. Cloud providers host computing and software services on their servers. Since these providers have…

What is Azure AD Connect? Azure AD Connect allows you to connect on-premises identity infrastructure to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). It lets you manage identities across a hybrid infrastructure consisting of public cloud and on-premises resources. Once your on-premises directories are integrated with Azure AD, you can leverage this service’s features to simplify identity…

For a long time, access to SAP applications has been governed by creating and modifying user roles. These are largely static, role-based controls and take a direct approach to granting access. Roles enable access and allow the execution of a certain set of transactions. Any user who needs access to specific data and transactions is…

Microsoft vs. Okta: Background Microsoft and Okta provide different identity management solutions, so they are a bit difficult to compare. Both Microsoft Azure AD and Okta provide identity and access management (IAM), but it is not always clear which components are included in IAM and whether each company provides a complete solution or only some…

Azure Active Directory (AD) Privileged Access Management (PIM) lets you control, monitor, and manage privileged access. The service supports various Azure cloud resources, Azure AD, and Microsoft Online Services like Microsoft Intune and Microsoft 365.  You can use Azure AD PIM to provision users with just-in-time privileged access to your Azure resources, including those within…

An organization’s user base is never static. As employees are onboarded, change roles, move to other departments, or leave the company, it’s critical that you manage and certify the appropriateness of user access to your PeopleSoft system. Unfortunately, organizations often manage these processes using time-consuming and resource-intensive manual workflows. Or worse: spreadsheets. Download Now: Streamline…

SAP ETD is a real-time security event management and monitoring solution designed to protect SAP systems. It can help you detect, analyze, and block cyber attacks as they occur to prevent and minimize consequential damages. SAP ETD forms an important part of an SAP security strategy. It provides monitoring, detection, and response capabilities to maintain…