What should be prioritized in global deployments of SAP Analytics Cloud to ensure security compliance?

In the context of global deployments of SAP Analytics Cloud, prioritizing periodic security audits is crucial for ensuring security compliance. Security audits help organizations assess the effectiveness of their security measures and identify vulnerabilities that could compromise sensitive data. By conducting these audits regularly, organizations can ensure that their security practices adapt to evolving threats and compliance requirements across different regions.

Security audits can reveal gaps in configurations, highlight areas where access controls may be insufficient, and ensure that data handling practices adhere to local regulations, such as GDPR in Europe or other compliance mandates worldwide. This continual review process is vital in maintaining a robust security posture, especially in a global context where different jurisdictions may impose varying security obligations.

While the other options contribute to a secure deployment, they don’t directly address compliance in as comprehensive a way as security audits do. Regularly updating the system ensures that vulnerabilities are patched, implementing role-based access control secures user permissions, and using cloud-only data storage may satisfy specific compliance requirements, but none of these approaches will have the same broad-reaching impact on identifying and mitigating security compliance risks as conducting periodic security audits.