SAP BTP Security is becoming increasingly important because moving business-critical processes to the SAP Business Technology Platform creates new attack surfaces. Classic on-premise approaches are not enough here. It encompasses all measures required to ensure secure operations, secure development, and controlled access across cloud-based SAP landscapes.
This article explains how to secure SAP BTP, how responsibilities are divided in the cloud, and which architectural principles are required for stable and scalable SAP environments.
SAP BTP Security describes all technical and organizational measures that ensure the secure operation, secure development, and controlled use of the SAP Business Technology Platform.
SAP BTP is often used as a Platform-as-a-Service, but it also includes Software-as-a-Service components, such as SAP Build Work Zone or the SAP Integration Suite as a managed service.
Platform security is SAP’s responsibility and covers infrastructure, network, tenant isolation, and fundamental security mechanisms.
Customer security covers all tasks that customers handle themselves – such as configuring identity services, designing authorizations, or monitoring.
Application security applies in particular to customer-owned extensions and side-by-side applications, and is a shared responsibility between SAP and the customer for custom development.
A dedicated security concept for SAP BTP is necessary because cloud security differs fundamentally from classic on-premise SAP security.
Security boundaries no longer run along individual systems, but along identities, roles, trust relationships, and architecture decisions. Especially in hybrid landscapes, security doesn’t come from individual measures, but from a consistent, cross-platform design.
The SAP Business Technology Platform follows a clearly defined shared responsibility model.
It describes how security responsibility is divided between SAP as the platform provider and the customer as the operator of the respective BTP landscape. This model is the foundation of every secure cloud architecture – yet it is often underestimated in practice.
SAP is responsible for the secure operation of the infrastructure and data centers, including relevant certifications.
This includes network security, tenant isolation, and the encryption of data at rest and in transit. In addition, SAP provides central security services that form the basis for secure platform operation.
Organizations manage identities, roles, and authorizations, configure the security services, and implement the least-privilege principle. Securing custom code, monitoring, incident response, and compliance requirements is also the customer’s responsibility.
| Security Area | SAP's Responsibility | Customer's Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure & Network | Provisioning | Configuration, VPN, Cloud Connector |
| Identity & Access | Providing the services | MFA, least privilege |
| Application & Data | Encryption, platform tools | Custom code, data protection |
| Monitoring & Response | Audit logs | SIEM, incident response |
| Compliance & Audit | Certifications | GDPR/CCPA, NIST CSF |
Cloud Foundry Runtime
Applications are executed in isolated environments. What matters for security is clean service integration, controlled handling of credentials, and clearly defined communication paths.
Kyma Runtime
Kyma offers greater technical flexibility but requires clean governance design. Misconfigurations here can become security-relevant more quickly.
ABAP Environment
The ABAP Environment is fully operated by SAP. Infrastructure-related risks are reduced, while clean authorization and extension concepts remain essential.
Applications and tenants are logically separated from one another. An application cannot access other applications or subaccounts without explicit configuration and authorization.
This separation is especially security-critical in hybrid scenarios with on-premise connections.
On SAP BTP, data is encrypted by default both at rest and in transit.
For most scenarios, this default encryption provides a reliable foundation for meeting security and data protection requirements.
SAP BTP provides services that cover essential security functions. What matters is how they work together within a consistent architecture.
Additional services support logging, credential handling, and security checks, but they do not replace a holistic architecture and governance concept.
As SAP BTP usage grows, security risks evolve as well. Most incidents don’t result from platform weaknesses, but from misconfigurations and inconsistent concepts.
To secure your SAP BTP architecture, be sure to keep these 4 aspects in mind:
Federation, MFA, clean role models, and regular reviews.
Secure coding, code reviews, and clear guidelines.
Analyze logs, define processes.
Keep hybrid components up to date and track security advisories.
Xiting helps organizations build consistent, well-documented SAP BTP security architectures.
Our focus is on architecture and IAM design, clear role and governance concepts, and a cross-system view of risk. Training and enablement formats further support embedding the resulting concepts sustainably into operations.
Contact us today for a no-obligation discussion and learn how Xiting can help secure your SAP BTP landscape.
SAP BTP natively provides a number of security services, including identity services, access controls, secure integration services, and logging and auditing mechanisms.
The shared responsibility model describes the division of security responsibility between SAP and the customer. SAP secures the platform infrastructure, while the customer is responsible for configuration, authorization management, securing their own applications, and monitoring.
In the on-premise world, the customer controls the entire infrastructure. With BTP, the focus shifts away from system control toward identities, architecture, and governance.
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