This paper describes how the SAP NetWeaver® platform and its components help IT organizations align with their enterprise business requirements in the area of security. It demonstrates how the platform enables companies to leverage their existing assets to maintain an appropriate level of security in the face of the growing challenges posed by more open and flexible systems. This level of security can be achieved via an incremental rollout strategy based on user- and process-oriented security components and capabilities. The result: a secure, service-oriented architecture that lets the enterprise adapt to continuous change while at the same time containing costs.

This paper shows how components of the SAP NetWeaver open-technology platform can help IT organizations put in place an incremental approach to security that prepares the enterprise infrastructure for a services-oriented future, where users and business processes grow in numbers and in diversity. This approach optimizes protection with minimal impact on productivity - even for the demanding collaborative and modular business processes companies will face in the future.