Integrating SAP Cloud Identity Services (Identity Authentication – IAS) with SAP Audit Log Viewer

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Accessing Audit Logs for Identity Authentication Tenants

To access the audit logs for changes in personal data, successful, and failed authentications for Identity Authentication tenants on both SAP, AWS, and Azure infrastructures, you can use the Audit Log Service in SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry. This process is essential for organizations that require detailed auditing to ensure that changes are tracked accurately.

Why is this Important?

Auditing is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of your organization’s data. By tracking who made changes, you can ensure accountability and transparency within your system.

Steps to Access Audit Logs

Navigate to the Audit Log Service: Access the Audit Log Service in SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry.Filter Logs: Use filters to view logs related to changes in personal data, successful authentications, and failed authentications.Review and Analyze: Carefully review the logs to identify any unauthorized changes or any suspicious activities.

Benefits

Enhanced Security: By monitoring audit logs, you can detect and respond to security breaches promptly.Compliance: Ensure your organization meets regulatory requirements for data protection and privacy.Accountability: Track changes to identify responsible parties and maintain accountability

Prerequisites for enabling Auditlogs Viewer for SAP Identity Authentication – Audit logs

Pick your subaccount details and you must have SAP Cloud Identity Services and Auditlog Viewer Services enabled already.

Once above details are available, you can now follow the below steps to tie the application between SAP Cloud Identity Services and Auditlog Viewer Services

Step 1 : Login to your SAP Cloud Identity Services – Admin and go to Monitoring & Reporting Tile

Step 2 : Click Add to update configuration of your SAP BTP Tenant details (from above prerequisites steps)

Step 3 : Update your BTP Tenant Id and Subdomain which should match to the region shown in dropdown. List of available regions are in below link.List of Available Regions for Identity Authentication – Cloud Foundry Regions Mapping

Step 4: Once configured,you will be able to see the Subaccount Information and Auditlog viewer Link and you will have to wait for 15-20mins once configured to see the logs in Auditlog Viewer Portal.

Step 5 : Upon accessing the Audit Log Viewer, you have the option to filter the logs based on date and keyword filters.

The audit logs provide information about the event category and timestamp, the event and object type, who performed the action and others.

 

 

 

​ Previous Blog : https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/how-to-enable-sap-audit-log-viewer-service-to-collect-all-audit-logs-from/ba-p/14037435 Accessing Audit Logs for Identity Authentication TenantsTo access the audit logs for changes in personal data, successful, and failed authentications for Identity Authentication tenants on both SAP, AWS, and Azure infrastructures, you can use the Audit Log Service in SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry. This process is essential for organizations that require detailed auditing to ensure that changes are tracked accurately.Why is this Important?Auditing is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of your organization’s data. By tracking who made changes, you can ensure accountability and transparency within your system.Steps to Access Audit LogsNavigate to the Audit Log Service: Access the Audit Log Service in SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry.Filter Logs: Use filters to view logs related to changes in personal data, successful authentications, and failed authentications.Review and Analyze: Carefully review the logs to identify any unauthorized changes or any suspicious activities.BenefitsEnhanced Security: By monitoring audit logs, you can detect and respond to security breaches promptly.Compliance: Ensure your organization meets regulatory requirements for data protection and privacy.Accountability: Track changes to identify responsible parties and maintain accountabilityPrerequisites for enabling Auditlogs Viewer for SAP Identity Authentication – Audit logsPick your subaccount details and you must have SAP Cloud Identity Services and Auditlog Viewer Services enabled already.Once above details are available, you can now follow the below steps to tie the application between SAP Cloud Identity Services and Auditlog Viewer ServicesStep 1 : Login to your SAP Cloud Identity Services – Admin and go to Monitoring & Reporting TileStep 2 : Click Add to update configuration of your SAP BTP Tenant details (from above prerequisites steps)Step 3 : Update your BTP Tenant Id and Subdomain which should match to the region shown in dropdown. List of available regions are in below link.List of Available Regions for Identity Authentication – Cloud Foundry Regions MappingStep 4: Once configured,you will be able to see the Subaccount Information and Auditlog viewer Link and you will have to wait for 15-20mins once configured to see the logs in Auditlog Viewer Portal.Step 5 : Upon accessing the Audit Log Viewer, you have the option to filter the logs based on date and keyword filters.The audit logs provide information about the event category and timestamp, the event and object type, who performed the action and others.     Read More Technology Blogs by SAP articles 

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