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Exam Information
Official specifications published by SAP
Exam Format
180 min
80
70%
Associate
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$1308 USD
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English
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12 months
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C-SEC-2405 Exam Topics and Domains
C-SEC-2405 is organized into 6 weighted domains. Expect to work with PFCG, SAP Cloud Identity Authentication, SAP Cloud Identity Provisioning, RSECADMIN, and more.
1
Authorization and Role Maintenance
25.5%
Role Maintenance Fundamentals
Understanding Authorization TerminologyRole Creation and ManagementAuthorization Objects and Values
- Understand the fundamentals of authorization management in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite
- Configure authorization objects and profiles
- Implement and maintain ABAP Roles using PFCG
- Analyze and monitor authorizations within SAP systems
- Manage role authorizations effectively to mitigate access risks
- Creating single and composite roles in PFCG
- Performing authorization trace analysis
- Troubleshooting authorization failures with SU53
- Transporting roles between systems
- Conducting role comparison and cleanup
- Granting overly broad authorizations using wildcards
- Not maintaining proper role documentation
- Skipping role testing before transport
- Ignoring authorization trace results
Authorization Strategies and Tools
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)Authorization Analysis and Monitoring
- Implement role-based access strategies
- Conduct authorization analysis and monitoring
- Apply segregation of duties principles
- Generate compliance and audit reports
- Using SUIM for user and authorization queries
- Analyzing security audit logs
- Identifying segregation of duties conflicts
- Creating authorization reports
- Not regularly reviewing user assignments
- Ignoring critical authorization warnings
- Poor role naming and documentation
- Not leveraging SUIM reporting capabilities
2
Governance, Compliance, and Cybersecurity
25.5%
SAP GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance)
SAP GRC Access Control OverviewCompliance and Regulatory Requirements
- Understand SAP GRC Access Control components
- Implement compliance and regulatory controls
- Configure access risk analysis
- Manage emergency access workflows
- Configuring access risk rules
- Setting up emergency access management
- Conducting user access reviews
- Enabling and analyzing security audit logs
- Not configuring audit logs properly
- Ignoring segregation of duties conflicts
- Insufficient documentation of access decisions
- Not regularly reviewing emergency access usage
Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Security Threats and VulnerabilitiesSecurity Patch Management
- Understand SAP cybersecurity threats
- Implement security patch management
- Configure password and session security
- Maintain security baseline configurations
- Applying SAP security notes
- Configuring password policies
- Running security note compliance checks
- Implementing session security controls
- Delaying critical security note implementation
- Weak password policies
- Not testing patches before production
- Ignoring SAP security alerts
3
Infrastructure Security and Authentication
25.5%
Network and Infrastructure Security
Network Topology and Security ZonesSecure Network Communication (SNC)
- Understand SAP network security topology
- Configure Secure Network Communication
- Implement SSL/TLS encryption
- Manage security certificates
- Configuring SAP Router
- Enabling SNC for system connections
- Managing certificates in STRUST
- Setting up gateway security
- Leaving gateway security files (secinfo/reginfo) unprotected
- Not enabling SNC for critical connections
- Certificate expiration monitoring failures
- Weak cipher suite configurations
Authentication Mechanisms
Single Sign-On (SSO) ImplementationMulti-Factor Authentication (MFA)Identity and Access Management
- Implement Single Sign-On solutions
- Configure multi-factor authentication
- Integrate directory services
- Manage identity lifecycle
- Configuring SAP Logon Tickets
- Setting up Kerberos SSO
- Enabling MFA for users
- Integrating LDAP/Active Directory
- Not securing SSO ticket encryption
- Incomplete MFA rollout planning
- Poor directory service synchronization
- Not implementing MFA for privileged users
4
Public Cloud User and Role Management
25.5%
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Security
Cloud User ManagementCloud Role ManagementCloud Identity Services Integration
- Manage users in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- Create and maintain cloud business roles
- Configure SAP Cloud Identity Services
- Implement SSO for cloud applications
- Creating business users in cloud
- Building business roles from templates
- Configuring restriction types
- Setting up Identity Authentication Service
- Not using business role templates effectively
- Overly broad restriction type configurations
- Poor user lifecycle management in cloud
- Not testing roles before assignment
Cloud Authorization Concept
Business Catalogs and Access CategoriesRestriction Types in Cloud
- Understand cloud authorization concept
- Configure business catalogs and access categories
- Implement restriction types
- Manage OData and API authorizations
- Assigning business catalogs to roles
- Configuring restriction types
- Testing access categories
- Managing OData authorizations
- Not understanding access category hierarchy
- Improper restriction type configuration
- Not testing restrictions thoroughly
- Granting unrestricted access unnecessarily
5
SAP Fiori Authorizations and SAP S/4HANA
15.5%
SAP Fiori Authorization Concept
Fiori Launchpad Roles and CatalogsFiori App AuthorizationsABAP CDS Authorization
- Understand SAP Fiori authorization architecture
- Configure Fiori launchpad roles and catalogs
- Implement app-specific authorizations
- Manage CDS view authorizations
- Creating Fiori catalogs in Launchpad Designer
- Assigning Fiori apps to PFCG roles
- Configuring OData service authorizations
- Implementing CDS access controls
- Not understanding the layered Fiori authorization model
- Missing backend authorizations while granting Fiori access
- Improper OData service authorization configuration
- Not testing Fiori apps end-to-end
S/4HANA-Specific Security Features
Embedded Analytics AuthorizationS/4HANA Authorization Migration
- Configure embedded analytics authorizations
- Manage S/4HANA-specific security features
- Migrate authorizations from ECC to S/4HANA
- Handle authorization changes in upgrades
- Configuring analytical app access
- Using SU25 for authorization upgrade
- Testing embedded analytics security
- Managing authorization migrations
- Not planning for authorization changes in S/4HANA migration
- Skipping SU25 execution during upgrades
- Not testing analytical apps thoroughly
- Ignoring deprecated authorization objects
6
User Administration
5%
ABAP User Administration
Basic User MaintenanceCentral User Administration (CUA)
- Implement basic user administration for AS ABAP
- Configure Central User Administration
- Manage user master records
- Set up password policies
- Creating users in SU01
- Mass user changes with SU10
- Setting up CUA
- Troubleshooting user distribution issues
- Not setting user validity periods
- Weak password policy configuration
- Poor CUA field distribution setup
- Not monitoring CUA queues
Java and HANA User Administration
Java User ManagementHANA User Management
- Implement basic user administration for AS Java
- Manage HANA database users
- Configure UME for Java systems
- Assign HANA roles and privileges
- Creating Java users in NetWeaver Administrator
- Managing HANA users in HANA Cockpit
- Configuring UME data sources
- Assigning HANA privileges
- Not understanding UME architecture
- Granting excessive HANA system privileges
- Poor integration between ABAP and Java user management
- Not following least privilege principle for HANA
How do I earn this certification?
Passing C-SEC-2405 earns the SAP Certified Associate - Security Administrator certification. It sits in the SAP Security track.
Next Level Options
P_SECAUTH_21 - SAP Certified Technology Professional - System Security Architect This professional-level certification has been retired
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What's changed on this exam?
Current Status
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2024-05
Updates
- SAP Cloud Identity Services Latest Core component of Infrastructure Security domain (21-30%) • Release date: Ongoing updates
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Latest release Entire Public Cloud domain (21-30%) • Release date: Quarterly updates
- SAP Fiori Authorization Framework Latest Dedicated domain (11-20%) plus integration with other topics • Release date: Continuous updates
- ABAP CDS Authorization Latest Part of Fiori Authorizations domain • Release date: Ongoing enhancements
Who should take this exam?
This exam is typically taken by Security Administrators and SAP Basis Administrators.
- Fundamental knowledge of SAP environment
- Understanding of SAP system administration
- Basic knowledge of security concepts
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA or SAP Business Suite
What jobs can I get with this?
SAP Security Administrator
SAP Authorization Consultant
SAP Basis Administrator with security focus
SAP GRC Consultant
IT Security Analyst (SAP environments)
Important: Exam Retirement Notice
Exam Retirement Notice
This exam version was retired on 2024-03-28.
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