SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On

In the light of the increased requirements to security in the field of IT, the SAP AG company presented in August, 2011 the SAP solution NetWeaver Single Sign-On for the purpose of improvement of data protection about clients in applications. This software is developed on the basis of the technologies purchased by SAP company at the old partner of SECUDE in February, 2011.

The clients using the different systems of the software need to enter different credentials upon transition from one system into another. It can lead to the fact that passwords will become too simple or for the different systems the same password will be used that, in turn, will reduce level bezopasnostilishky simple or for different sitsy the same password, scientific research institute" will be used by yagatelny. security of a landscape of a system. The SAP solution NetWeaver Single Sign-On helps to solve this problem, offering the mechanism of presentation of the uniform password which can be used both in the systems of SAP, and in other systems and also providing support of reliable enciphering of communication. The solution allows users of the systems of SAP to enter one reliable user name and the password for access to several SAP applications. Besides, a system supports authentication methods from third-party suppliers, including smart cards and also the mechanism of presentation of the uniform password for the web applications based on open standards, such as certificates and markup language for the systems of security of SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language). These standards also provide ability to integrate the third-party software and use of the general scenarios.