by Angela Guess

According to a new press release, “Global consulting firm Protiviti’s SAP® expert Jonathan Haun has written a new book titled SAP HANA Security Guide to help IT professionals protect SAP HANA systems. The book, available in either hard copy or e-book format from SAP Press, offers an in-depth guide to the SAP HANA database and application development platform, including privileges, roles, user provisioning, authentication and auditing. Author Haun is a director in the business intelligence group in Protiviti’s Data Management and Advanced Analytics practice. Haun previously co-authored two other books about SAP HANA.”

The release goes on, “The SAP HANA Security Guide explains how organizations using the SAP HANA database can protect and defend the data housed on the platform against breaches, and includes details of security options such as authentication and encryption. Readers can learn how to secure database objects; provision and maintain user accounts; and develop and assign roles. The book also offers in-depth reviews of authentication, certificate management, auditing, security tracing and other recommended steps for organizations to help protect their SAP HANA data systems.”

Shaheen Dil, a Protiviti managing director and global leader of its Data Management and Advanced Analytics practice noted, “Keeping data secure is an important focus for any business that maintains a database… As a long-time SAP Gold Partner and seven-time Partner of the Year, Protiviti is in a unique position to provide industry leadership and counsel on this topic. I consider Jonathan’s new book to be required reading for anyone who supports solutions based on SAP HANA within their landscape.”

Read more at PR Newswire.

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