Course information

Content

  • Single Sign-On Fundamentals
    • Introduction and challenges of secure authentication
    • Opportunities and risks in the SAP standard
    • Authentication and authorization
    • Understanding the general concept of Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • SAP SSO 3.0 solution components overview incl. SAP Identity Authentication
  • Single Sign-On Technologies and standards
    • Encryption and cryptography basics
    • Hash functions & Digital signatures
    • Kerberos/SPNEGO
    • PKI and X.509 standard
    • SAML 2.0
    • SAP Identity Provider and Identity Federation
    • Key properties and comparison of different SSO technologies
  • SAP Cryptographic Libraries
    • Secure Network Communications (SNC)
    • Transport Layer Security (TLS)
    • SNC Basics
    • SAP Common Crypto Library (CommonCryptoLib)
    • SNC Client Encryption 2.0
  • Q&A | Summary | Best practices | Key takeaways
  • Exercises (hands-on workshops)
    • Workshop 1: Kerberos & SPNEGO based SSO for SAP GUI and Browser
    • Workshop 2: SSO based on X.509 certificates using SAP Secure Login Server
    • Workshop 3: MFA for SAP GUI using passcodes and the SAP Secure Login Server
    • Workshop 4: Configuring SAML 2.0 authentication on S/4HANA (SAP IDP & IAS)

Goals

  • Acquire the necessary basics for SSO technologies and functionality
  • Get an overview and understanding of the SSO 3.0 solution components
  • Get to know the latest recommendations and best practices
  • Install and configure SSO based on common deployment scenarios (SAP S/4HANA and AS Java)

Audience

  • Project Manager
  • System Administrator
  • System Architect
  • Technology/Security Consultant

Prerequisites

Essential

Recommended

Course based on software release

  • SAP NetWeaver Java 7.50 SP17 or later
  • SAP S/4HANA 2020 SP02 or later
  • SAP Single Sign-On 3.0 SP02 or later
  • SAP Cloud Identity Authentication (training tenant)

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