With SAP NetWeaver, you can maintain an appropriate level of security and quality in your organization's intellectual property and information assets – without compromising flexibility, user productivity, and collaboration with customers and partners.

Integrated User and Access Management

You can create a centralized user administration facility and consolidate the user management technology already in place. SAP NetWeaver supports the integration of user management and access management, including integration that involves a third-party directory server.

Authentication and Single Sign-On

You can implement authentication using information stored in a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory and integrate different SAP systems into a single sign-on landscape. SAP NetWeaver supports:

• Authentication using a directory with single sign-on (SSO) integration using SAP logon tickets
• Single sign-on based on Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

Identity Management

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management:

• Enables you to address typical access and provisioning issues
• Provides you with a new opportunity for integrating business processes
• Can help you to integrate systems in a heterogeneous IT environment

The key IT activities involved with application governance are enabled by SAP NetWeaver components such as SAP NetWeaver Application Server, SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure, and SAP NetWeaver Portal.