The scope of this report covers SAP Ariba Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

SAP Ariba, an SAP Company is a leading provider of on-demand spend management solutions. SAP Ariba’s mission is to transform the way companies of all sizes, across all industries, and geographies operate by delivering technology, service, and network solutions that enable them to holistically source, contract, procure, pay, manage and analyze their spend and supplier relationships. Delivered on demand, SAP Ariba’s enterprise-class offerings empower companies to achieve greater control of their spend and drive continuous improvements in financial and supply-chain performance.

The SOC 2 reports fulfill various information and assurance needs of customers and aim to place trust in SAP’s service organization systems, processes, and controls.  These reports are intended to meet the needs of a broad range of users that need detailed information and assurance about the controls at a service organization relevant to security, availability, and processing integrity of the systems that are used to process users’ data and the confidentiality and privacy of the information processed by these systems.  Additionally, they can play an important role in the oversight of the organization, vendor management programs, and regulatory oversight.  SOC 2 Type 1 covers management’s description of a service organization’s system and the suitability of the design of controls at a specific point in time, whereas a SOC 2 Type 2 also includes the operating effectiveness of controls for a dedicated period of time.

SAP Ariba GCP has regularly prepared SOC 2 Type 2 audit reports by an independent 3rd party accountant. This version of the report covers the audit period 1. October 2022 to 31. March 2023, in the following data centers, Sydney (Australia), Frankfurt (Germany), Tokyo (Japan) and San Jose, California (USA), and the trust principles Security, Availability, Processing Integrity and Confidentiality.

The use of these reports is restricted. A copy of this report is available for all SAP customers and prospects with non-disclosure agreement in place.