SAP and Cisco Deliver Data Privacy Application

SAP AG and Cisco are making available a composite application that will help organizations proactively enforce data privacy across the business network. The solution is designed to help support continuous, demonstrable compliance with data privacy policies and to minimize risks. By bringing together SAP(R) solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (SAP solutions for GRC) with Cisco(R) intelligent network services, the Data Privacy composite application by SAP and Cisco allows businesses to enforce real-time global and local data privacy policies throughout the organization. This composite application expands SAP solutions for GRC, providing customers with a unique solution for improved visibility, control and responsiveness across the enterprise, while lowering the total cost of ownership by using existing application and infrastructure investments.

"By proactively enforcing data privacy across our business network, the SAP and Cisco collaboration allows organizations like ours to align business needs and IT processes with data privacy solutions that span from applications to the network," said Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca, in a press release. "As a leading provider of search and information access software transforming the way organizations access and leverage information for competitive advantage, it is critical that we ensure the security of our intellectual property assets. With the joint solution from SAP and Cisco, we can rest assured knowing our data is protected," he said.

With more companies becoming part of global business networks and operating in an extended enterprise, sensitive business and personal information can be exchanged across borders on a daily basis. Enforcing data privacy has thus become increasingly business-critical. In addition, new regulatory requirements such as safe-harbor laws, privacy, finance, intellectual property and identity theft legislation are forcing companies to rapidly adopt more effective data privacy strategies and technologies.