The Business Value of Enhancing Security and Resiliency with SAP Cloud ERP Private
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Business Value of
Enhancing Security and Resiliency
with SAP Cloud ERP Private
June 2025 | Business Value Executive Summary, sponsored by SAP
Frank Dickson
Group Vice President,
Security and Trust, IDC
Megan Szurley
Business Value Manager,
Business Value Strategy Practice, IDC
BUSINESS
VALUE
HIGHLIGHTS
58%
quicker security
patching
89%
faster cyberthreat
detection
42%
decrease in
overall exposure
to business and
operational risk
This document describes the experiences of businesses that
moved from on-premises ERP to a privately managed cloud ERP.
By moving to a cloud operating model, they achieved various security and
operational benefits, including reduced complexity, improved ease of use,
enhanced resiliency, accelerated cloud transformation, and lower IT capital
investments and overallIT infrastructure costs.
IDC conducted research that explored the value and benefits of how
customers effectively manage and mitigate security risk with SAP Cloud
ERP Private.
Based on an extensive data set and employing a specialized
Business Value methodology, IDC calculates that these
customers achieved benefits worth an annual average
of $8.9 million per organization ($521,000 average annual
benefit per SAP application) and a three-year ROI of 275% by:
• Up-leveling security operations in terms of threat identification and
remediation to reduce business and operational risk
• Boosting the productivity and responsiveness of security operations
teams
• Better managing business risk by minimizing the occurrence of
unplanned downtime events disrupting business operations and
quickly restoring service when events occur
• Reducing security expenses in key areas such as third-party support
and security team hiring
This IDC material is licensed for external use and in no way does the use or publication of
IDC research indicate IDC’s endorsement of the sponsor’s or licensee’s products or strategies.
©2025 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved. CCPA
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Business Value of
Enhancing Security and Resiliency
with SAP Cloud ERP Private
June 2025 | Business Value Executive Summary, sponsored by SAP
Frank Dickson
Group Vice President,
Security and Trust, IDC
Megan Szurley
Business Value Manager,
Business Value Strategy Practice, IDC
BUSINESS
VALUE
HIGHLIGHTS
58%
quicker security
patching
89%
faster cyberthreat
detection
42%
decrease in
overall exposure
to business and
operational risk
This document describes the experiences of businesses that
moved from on-premises ERP to a privately managed cloud ERP.
By moving to a cloud operating model, they achieved various security and
operational benefits, including reduced complexity, improved ease of use,
enhanced resiliency, accelerated cloud transformation, and lower IT capital
investments and overallIT infrastructure costs.
IDC conducted research that explored the value and benefits of how
customers effectively manage and mitigate security risk with SAP Cloud
ERP Private.
Based on an extensive data set and employing a specialized
Business Value methodology, IDC calculates that these
customers achieved benefits worth an annual average
of $8.9 million per organization ($521,000 average annual
benefit per SAP application) and a three-year ROI of 275% by:
• Up-leveling security operations in terms of threat identification and
remediation to reduce business and operational risk
• Boosting the productivity and responsiveness of security operations
teams
• Better managing business risk by minimizing the occurrence of
unplanned downtime events disrupting business operations and
quickly restoring service when events occur
• Reducing security expenses in key areas such as third-party support
and security team hiring