Zero-trust against data exfiltration
The risk begins when SAP data leaves the system.
SAP systems process the company's most sensitive information – from HR data and intellectual property to financial figures.
As long as this data remains in the SAP system, authorizations, access controls and monitoring apply.
However, this protection ends abruptly the moment data is exported. Data becomes uncontrolled files – unencrypted, unlogged, and without any policy binding.
Attackers know this. Employees underestimate it.
automatics.AI closes this gap – automatically, based on zero trust and deeply integrated with SAP and Microsoft.
SAP Certificates Lifecycle Management
Why SAP exports are one of the biggest
current cyber risks are
A benchmark study by SAPinsider from May 2025 confirms:
Data exfiltration is now the biggest threat to SAP systems – even more so than unpatched systems or compromised accounts. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) also emphasizes in its federal situation report that extortion using stolen data ("data extortion") is increasing rapidly.
The problems are as follows:
SAP data is valuable – and completely unprotected during export.
Personal data (e.g., HR data) is exported for various processes and sent unencrypted via email.
Quarterly reports, salary tables, and strategic financial reports are stored unsecured on file shares/cloud folders.
Exchange of sensitive product or manufacturing information with suppliers and partners.
All these exports leave the SAP security architecture and become files without role and authorization logic, protective measures , etc.
Logging and access control. This results in a complete loss of control and massive risks: data protection breaches, IP theft, extortion, financial damage, reputational damage.
The blind spot: Why SAP security ends at the export stage
Within SAP, strong security mechanisms are in place, such as authorizations, encryption, logging, and network segmentation.
However, companies completely lose this control when exporting.
What does an exported document mean for data security and data integrity?
no SAP role logic
Once a file leaves SAP, permissions and access controls no longer apply — anyone who owns the file can open or share it.
no traceability
Exported data is no longer logged, so it is neither apparent who accesses it nor where it is forwarded.
no obligation to follow guidelines
Compliance and data protection guidelines lose their effectiveness because the file is no longer protected by technical specifications outside the system.
no technical barrier against further distribution
Without system-level control, any file can be copied, shared, or stored externally – completely independent of its sensitivity or criticality.
The solution: Zero Trust protection for SAP exports
Real-time monitoring of all SAP exports
automatics recognizes every export from SAP – regardless of the format (Excel, PDF, Word, print file) or export method.
Encryption & Policy Enforcement
Based on the label, automatic encryption is enforced, and restrictions on forwarding, access, and usage are imposed by defined roles. The protection is tied to the file – regardless of whether it's in Outlook, Teams, or OneDrive.
Automatic classification
Each exported file immediately receives a sensitivity label. This eliminates the risk of employees having to decide for themselves how sensitive a document is.
Seamless integration with Microsoft Purview
Automatics is deeply integrated with Purview Information Protection (MPIP). Sensitivity labels are automatically applied. This makes SAP data part of the Microsoft security ecosystem.
Auditable traceability
Every interaction is automatically logged. These audit trails comply with regulatory requirements from GDPR, NIS2, DORA, and ISO 27001.
Success stories from practice
"For us as a manufacturing company, the data generated from SAP is the most important data. It needs even more protection than the regular Office documents we create. In our tender, automatics was the only product that provided us with the necessary capabilities to protect data from SAP using Microsoft Purview integration."
Why automatics ?
automatics.AI is the first to transform the protection of SAP data into a zero-trust model that is not based on system boundaries, but focuses directly on the data and files themselves.
The solution is SAP-certified and integrates seamlessly into existing security architectures, ensuring that protection mechanisms operate consistently and without media breaks.
This gives companies complete transparency over every exported file and provides them with zero-trust security from the very first moment of export. Files are automatically classified and encrypted, policies are applied without user intervention, and deep integration with Microsoft Purview ensures that SAP data follows the same protection mechanisms as all other business-critical information. At the same time, audit-proof logs are generated that reliably meet compliance and audit requirements.
In this way, automatics, with its SecurityHub, transforms the blind spot in SAP security into a fully controlled, secure and traceable data flow.
