Introduction 

 

This guide does not replace the daily operations handbook that we recommend customers to create for their specific productive operations.

 

About this Guide

This guide provides an overview of the security issues you need to keep in mind if you intend to run your SAP Knowledge Warehouse scenarios in a secure environment.

To run SAP Knowledge Warehouse in a secure environment, you need to refer to the security guides of all the components that you are using for your SAP KW scenarios.

The following components are part of the solution SAP Knowledge Warehouse 7.0:

●      SAP Web Application Server

●      SAP J2EE Engine

●      SAP Content Server

●      SAP Enterprise Portal

●      SAP Content Management with Search & Classification (TREX)

●      SAP Internet Transaction Server

 

Related Security Guides

Application / Component	Guide
SAP Web Application Server	Security Guide for Usage Type AS
SAP J2EE Engine	SAP Web AS Security Guide for J2EE Technology
SAP Content Server	SAP Content Server Security Guide
SAP Enterprise Portal	Portal Platform Security Guide
SAP Content Management with Search & Classification (TREX)	Knowledge Management Security Guide

 

Why Is Security Necessary?

If you are using your SAP Knowledge Warehouse system to store productive data, you need to ensure that this data is stored securely and can be recovered in case of a system crash or other events that might lead to data loss without preventive measures.

In addition, you need to take into account access restrictions for the information stored in your system – not every system user should have (read / write / administrative) access to all information. Such access restrictions can also be a legal requirement that you need to fulfill.

 

Target Groups

●      Technical consultants

●      System administrators

This document is not included as part of the Installation Guides, Configuration Guides, Technical Operation Manuals, or Upgrade Guides. Such guides are only relevant for a certain phase of the software life cycle, whereby the Security Guides provide information that is relevant for all time frames.

 

Important SAP Notes

Consider the following SAP Notes if you plan to run your SAP Knowledge Warehouse system in a secure environment.

Check regularly which SAP Notes are available about the security of the application.

Important SAP Notes

SAP Note Number	Title	Comment
670108	SAP KW 7.0 Security Overview	A collection of security issues that are not (yet) taken over into this security guide.