Comparative Security Performance of Workday Cloud ERP Across Key Dimensions

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Auteurs principaux: Sharma, Monu, Jain, Abhishek
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author Sharma, Monu
Jain, Abhishek
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Jain, Abhishek
contents Workday is a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning-ERP system that brings HR, Finance, Supply Chain functions , Prism Analytics and Extend custom built in application together under an integrated software as a service SaaS environment. As every organization that undergoes digital transformation, the importance of securing sensitive enterprise data in cloud ERP systems has always been more challeging. To analyze Workday's security architecture, we present a Security analysis in both CIA Triad Enhanced Framework and Zero Trust Security Architecture. The study examines five key dimensions confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and compliance with weighted sub metric analysis and qualitative document review. The results show Workday delivers a composite score of 0.86 with an overall score that closely matches international standards of best practices like GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc. The platform uses encryption protocols, granular access controls, network safeguards, and continuous verification mechanisms to enable least-privilege access and adaptive defense. Security groups and business process access rules provide scalable governance across very large organizational structures.Workday's layered security to tackle everyday cloud security weaknesses. The work concludes that Workday's architecture demonstrates the best practices for secure, scalable, and compliant ERP application-oriented deployment, which can make this a standard for enterprise cloud security management. These insights provide important guidance for organizations that wish to bolster their cloud ERP defenses and stay ahead of changing regulatory expectations.
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spellingShingle Comparative Security Performance of Workday Cloud ERP Across Key Dimensions
Sharma, Monu
Jain, Abhishek
Computers and Society
Workday is a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning-ERP system that brings HR, Finance, Supply Chain functions , Prism Analytics and Extend custom built in application together under an integrated software as a service SaaS environment. As every organization that undergoes digital transformation, the importance of securing sensitive enterprise data in cloud ERP systems has always been more challeging. To analyze Workday's security architecture, we present a Security analysis in both CIA Triad Enhanced Framework and Zero Trust Security Architecture. The study examines five key dimensions confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and compliance with weighted sub metric analysis and qualitative document review. The results show Workday delivers a composite score of 0.86 with an overall score that closely matches international standards of best practices like GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc. The platform uses encryption protocols, granular access controls, network safeguards, and continuous verification mechanisms to enable least-privilege access and adaptive defense. Security groups and business process access rules provide scalable governance across very large organizational structures.Workday's layered security to tackle everyday cloud security weaknesses. The work concludes that Workday's architecture demonstrates the best practices for secure, scalable, and compliant ERP application-oriented deployment, which can make this a standard for enterprise cloud security management. These insights provide important guidance for organizations that wish to bolster their cloud ERP defenses and stay ahead of changing regulatory expectations.
title Comparative Security Performance of Workday Cloud ERP Across Key Dimensions
topic Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15840