An on-premise solution still seems safer to many companies than a cloud solution - after all, the data remains in-house. However, in-house is at least as vulnerable to data loss and data espionage, cybercrime or technical network problems.
Hardly any company today can secure its own infrastructure - and thus its own data - in a similar way or operate the security infrastructure so cost-effectively that the on-premise solution would still be cheaper than SAP's cloud.
After all, when it comes to security, building and setting up the infrastructure alone is not enough. Companies also have to factor in the costs of maintenance, security measures and the ongoing modernisation of systems. In view of growing threats, the expense is immense.
This is where the cloud scores: SAP's cloud solutions meet the most stringent industry standards for security today, according to SAP. In many cases, the level is likely to be significantly higher than that of a company's own data centres.
In addition, many SAP solutions - for example in the area of analytics, integration or with regard to new technologies such as AI or process automation - are available via the SAP Business Technology Platform and thus as cloud-based solutions.
Every company that expands the on-premise solution operated in its own data centre with the help of the SAP Business Technology Platform must therefore also deal with cloud security and SAP Business Technology Platform security at this point at the latest.