Identity Access Management (IAM) Reference Architectures 2024

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Identity Access Management Reference Architectures in 2024

We are happy to share with you that we just released an update to our reference architectures (2024 version).

The latest version is published in SAP Discovery Center along with further links to our documentation and to related missions. We want to support you trying out easily what we describe.

If you are new to this topic, consider reading my older blog post about Cloud leading Identity Lifecycle from 2021. The 1st chapter is still valid to start with - although it's 3 years old 🙂

We have an updated version of the SAP Secure Operations Map which allows you to verify your security requirements and map them to the regional requirements like NIST or BSI.
The Secure Operations Map contains in the application layer the three main IAM pillars that are now described in the SAP Discovery Center:

Authentication flows

Authorization flows as part of the identity lifecycle

Identity Lifecycle flows

Please read them and we can use this community to discuss.

If you want to know more about the SAP Cloud Identity Services I recommend this blog post.

PS: Yes, we are already working on an integrated architecture which considers SAP Access Control - but we need a bit more time.