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Cybersecurity Threats and Challenges to SAP Systems 2026Cybersecurity threats have become more prevalent than ever. In fact, cybercrime now accounts for nearly a third of all offenses in some regions. Moreover, 2025 represented the greatest number of high impact or critical patches ever released by SAP as flaws were discovered in ageing solutions that are often now more exposed than ever in cloud-based environments. The increased use of AI both inside enterprise landscapes and by malicious actors only makes it more important to ensure that the valuable data in SAP systems is effectively secured.
Despite the importance of cybersecurity in the SAP space, respondents face challenges. From protecting against new technologies and threats like AI to dealing with the age-old challenge of patching, securing SAP systems is not straightforward. This makes it more important than ever that SAPinsiders focus the resources they have to achieve the most they can. Only by doing this will the data and processes in their SAP systems be secure.
This year's data suggests a shift to data-centric concerns to identity or connectivity-centric threats. With social engineering attacks, insider threats, credentials compromise, connections to other systems, and insecure application configurations all being in the top eight biggest potential threats, identity and connectivity-centric concerns are certainly front and center for respondents.
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- Understand where AI use-cases are delivering value today.
- Explore the the concerns around governance, risk, and compliance when it comes to using AI with operational ERP data.
- Learn about the primary security and data protection controls for AI using SAP.
- See what SAPinsiders are doing to implement an effective governance and execution layer.
Jul 31, 2026
•2 minute read
WorldLink Applies AI and Data Engineering to Supply Chain and Tariff Problems SAP Shops Know WellWorldLink treats unified data as the precondition for AI. Two engagements, one in shipment visibility and one in tariff recovery, show the pattern and what it means for SAP teams.
Jul 31, 2026
•3 minute read
Inspur Brings Private-Cloud Infrastructure to Mission-Critical Production SystemsInspur scales private-cloud virtualization to 8,000 VMs on one console and runs three-center disaster recovery at zero data loss for regulated production systems. Here is where that infrastructure fits for ERP teams weighing private cloud against a hyperscaler.
Jul 31, 2026
•2 minute read
KBJ Builds SAP Practice Around Clean Core and a Unified Data LayerKBJ, a Polish SAP partner, positions its practice around SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise stack, from S/4HANA and the Business Technology Platform to analytics and planning. The company reports more than 600 SAP projects over 17 years, a team holding over 90 international SAP certifications, and a training footprint it puts at roughly 30 percent of all […]
Jul 31, 2026
•4 minute read
GRC and Risk Intelligence for SAP 2026Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) in SAP environments has been about managing user access, enforcing internal controls, assessing corporate risk, and streamlining audits. However, that mandate is expanding to include the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) usage and solutions, something for which GRC teams may not be entirely prepared. This points to 2026 being an inflection year. The technical and financial foundations of GRC have caught up to the ambition organizations expressed a year ago, while structural governance and native SAP tooling have not kept pace with that momentum. Understanding both sides of the story, the acceleration and the lag, is essential for any organization planning GRC investment through 2027.
This year’s benchmark report tells a story of uneven but real progress. Budgets are up, integration has leapt forward, identity and access governance has moved to the center of GRC strategy, and organizations are assessing their own maturity more honestly. At the same time, native SAP GRC tooling adoption remains fragmented, formal data privacy governance is eroding even as technical controls improve, and the risk agenda is shifting toward transformation risk faster than most governance structures are adapting to match it.
Organizations reporting their financial systems as fully integrated with risk and compliance data for real-time insight jumped from this year. Organizations describing their GRC systems as fully integrated enterprise-wide across departments also rose. And the sourcing model itself polarized: fully in-house SAP GRC management increased. Organizations are not drifting toward integration incrementally; they are committing to it. They are also committing more decisively to one sourcing model or the other rather than sitting in the hybrid middle.
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- Understand how GRC and risk intelligence is being funded in the year ahead.
- Explore the tools and technologies being used for GRC and risk intelligence.
- Learn about the change in data privacy governance structures and understand the importance of that change.
- See what SAPinsiders are doing to pivot risk priorities towards transformation.
Jul 31, 2026
•2 minute read
Customer Case Study: Establishing BDC as the Future-ready Enterprise analytics platform at Reynolds Consumer Products (RCP)Enterprise analytics teams are being asked to rethink their tools, architecture, and processes all at once — aging SAP BW landscapes, fragmented reporting, rising demand for AI-ready data, and business teams that will not wait a quarter for an answer. In this customer case study, analytics leaders from Reynolds Consumer Products (RCP) explain why they […]
Jul 31, 2026
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Lufthansa Industry Solutions Consolidates Client SAP Estates Into Global TemplatesLufthansa Industry Solutions uses global templates, phased rollouts, and centralized process governance to consolidate fragmented SAP estates. Hamburg Süd’s GLOBE program shows how the approach can replace overlapping regional applications with a shared operating model while preserving legitimate country-specific requirements.
Jul 30, 2026
•3 minute read
SAP and IBM Point to Client Momentum for SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM Power Virtual ServerSAP and IBM announced that JYSK, GBM, DIFARE Group, and Plastilene Group have selected SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM Power Virtual Server. SAPinsider 2026 research explains why AI access, not just the 2027 deadline, is now driving these infrastructure decisions.
Jul 30, 2026
•3 minute read
Tricentis Acquires Tabnine, Betting That Context Is the Missing Layer in Agentic SAP TestingTricentis has acquired Tabnine to embed its Enterprise Context Engine into the Agentic Quality Engineering Platform, giving AI testing agents system-level understanding of complex SAP landscapes. SAPinsider research suggests governance and integration readiness will determine whether the gains materialize.
Jul 30, 2026
•3 minute read
SNP Advances AI for Unstructured Data in M&A with Kyano OrosSNP is extending its Kyano platform with Kyano Oros, an AI capability that brings unstructured data—contracts, HR records, and compliance documents—into SAP M&A and transformation workflows, helping deal teams manage risk, carve-outs, and Day 1 readiness.
Jul 30, 2026
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Avantra CTO Says AI Must Prove Operational ValueAvantra CTO Jan Karstens says enterprise AI must solve defined operational problems and prove value quickly. Avantra AIR applies that standard to SAP incident response, where customers can test investigation time, diagnostic evidence, human oversight and operational data controls in their own environments before committing to wider deployment.
Jul 30, 2026
•3 minute read
Marvell Commits $250M to India R&D, Doubling a Chip-Design Base Beneath the AI BuildoutMarvell's $250 million India plan expands chip-design R&D rather than hosting capacity, adding activity at the silicon layer beneath the country's $100 billion-plus AI infrastructure wave. Here is what the move signals for enterprises running SAP on Indian cloud regions.
Jul 29, 2026
•2 minute read
Liquid Analytics Decisions: A GenAI Analytics Layer for SAP ERP and CRM DataLiquid Analytics runs one GenAI platform across three apps for goals, sales, and budgets, all reading from ERP and CRM data. Here is how the DuckDB and Kubernetes architecture works and where SAP teams carry the integration and governance load.
Jul 29, 2026
•2 minute read
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