Issue №
3/2026
Information Technology and Security
1 DATA ANONYMIZATION APPROACHES FOR NON-PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN ENTERPRISE SAP LANDSCAPES
Baris Ö.
Abstract : Enterprise SAP teams need production-like data to test upgrades, integrations, migrations, and reporting flows, yet direct copies expose personal and commercially sensitive information. This review evaluates anonymization methods for non-productive SAP landscapes through four criteria: privacy, test fidelity, diagnosability, and operational performance. The study draws on ten sources published from 2022 to 2025, including peer-reviewed research, a technical standard, and SAP documentation. Comparative analysis, source analysis, conceptual synthesis, and typologization cover masking, pseudonymization, subsetting, and synthetic data generation. Across the reviewed studies, field replacement alone cannot establish safe or useful test data. Teams must examine relational consistency, temporal order, delta processing, process-chain execution, batch scheduling, and resource use. Synthetic data lowers direct exposure, yet it can miss sparse business cases and preserve disclosure risks. The proposed governance sequence connects data-owner approval with privacy testing, end-to-end validation, diagnostic tracing, performance comparison, controlled release, and fallback planning for enterprise use in practice.
Keywords: data anonymization, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW, non-productive environments, test data management, data masking.
2 RELIABILITY OF STRUCTURED OUTPUTS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS IN TERMS OF LOGICAL CONSISTENCY AND REPRODUCIBILITY
Pechurin K.
Abstract : Structured output has become the dominant integration pattern for large language models in production systems, and validation of such output relies on JSON Schema in most deployments. The present study measures 2 reliability properties that schema validation leaves unexamined: the logical consistency of fields within a single response and the reproducibility of responses across repeated runs. An open evaluation framework, structured-eval, was applied to 330 extraction prompts from 4 datasets and 13 models under a free-form JSON generation regime. Cross-field rules detected model-introduced contradictions in 2% of schema-valid responses, with a 95% confidence interval from 1% to 2%. The same rules, applied to human gold labels of an external benchmark, identified 3 defects in the reference annotation, including an arithmetic contradiction in financial data. Repeated generation at 0.2 temperature reproduced the full response for 53% of prompts, and score-based evaluation failed to detect value drift in 6% of fields. The results demonstrate that schema validity and agreement with a reference answer leave material reliability risks unmeasured, and executable cross-field rules together with reference-free repetition monitoring close a part of this gap.
Keywords: large language models, structured output, logical consistency, reproducibility, JSON Schema, information extraction.
3 TYPICAL FRONTEND DEVELOPMENT TEMPLATES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SPEED OF COMMERCIAL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Meshcheryakov V.
Abstract : The article examines the impact of typical frontend development templates on the speed of commercial project implementation. It analyzes initial application architectures, unification of the codebase structure, reuse of components, configuration of linters, pre-commit checks, and basic engineering conventions. As a practical basis, the article considers examples of using design systems, component libraries, and design-to-code tools, demonstrating the relationship between standardization of interface development and reduction of engineering effort. It is shown that the use of standardized frontend approaches makes it possible to reduce initial project setup time, improve code quality, and increase the predictability of development processes and the release of interface changes. It is substantiated that typical templates serve as a tool for improving the scalability, manageability, and economic efficiency of commercial development.
Keywords: frontend development, typical templates, application architecture, user interface, code quality, pre-commit checks, commercial development.
4 AUTOMATED DATA RECOVERY FROM ENCRYPTED RAID ARRAYS IN MULTI-LEVEL DAMAGE SCENARIOS
Yermolov S.
Abstract : The article presents a controlled comparative study of automated data recovery from encrypted RAID arrays across multi-level damage scenarios, where a degraded array, an encrypted volume, a damaged file system, and deleted files coexist within a single device. The relevance follows from the spread of layered storage in working systems, since real incidents combine several failures at once and existing evaluations measure isolated layers, which leaves the traversal of the complete chain unmeasured. The novelty lies in joining array reconstruction, decryption, and file system recovery into a single measured chain, verified through per-file SHA-256 hashing across a shared open control set spanning five tools and five heterogeneous scenarios that span Linux, macOS, Windows, a hardware controller, and a SAN device. The findings show that the full chain was completed by one tool in three of five scenarios, while two scenarios were completed by none, and the binding constraint of the field becomes the automatic identification of array geometry together with the recognition of the encrypted layer, since the chain breaks at the joints between layers. The study serves data recovery practitioners, digital forensic examiners, and developers of recovery software.
Keywords: data recovery, disk encryption, RAID reconstruction, storage forensics.
5 ARCHITECTURE OF A FAULT-TOLERANT EDI HUB FOR RETAIL CHAINS WITH SUPPORT FOR LEGALLY SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENT FLOW
Nikolaev K.N.
Abstract : The paper considers the architecture of a fault-tolerant electronic data interchange hub that maintains continuous document flow between suppliers and federal retail chains in a 24/7 mode. The relevance of the topic stems from the growing number of participants in interchanges and the expanding set of legally significant documents governed by state information systems. The aim of the work is to build a classification model of EDI channel failures and an architectural model of the hub, with validation against regulatory requirements embedded in the reliability loop. The methodology combines a review of open publications, a formal comparison of connection topologies, and an expert FMEA-based risk assessment grounded in the operational experience of a platform serving more than 1000 suppliers and processing over 50 000 documents per day. The results include a two-dimensional failure taxonomy, a mapping between failure classes and mitigation mechanisms, and a scenario trace of a faulty document across the hub layers. Regulatory validation is substantiated as a separate layer of fault tolerance, whose exclusion from the architecture raises the risk of accepting legally void goods.
Keywords: EDI, fault tolerance, hub-and-spoke topology, FMEA, legally significant document flow, retail chains.
6 THE IMPACT OF RESPONSE SPEED AND QUALITY OF USER REQUEST PROCESSING ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN SERVICE-ORIENTED COMPANIES
Lim E.
Abstract : This article examines the impact of response speed and the completeness of request resolution on customer satisfaction in service-oriented companies. It demonstrates that a user request represents an important stage of the customer journey, as customers evaluate not only the service itself but also the convenience of obtaining assistance when problems arise. The study analyzes response performance indicators, including SLA compliance, first response time, and time to full resolution, as well as quality metrics such as First Contact Resolution, Customer Effort Score, Customer Satisfaction Score, repeat contacts, and reopened requests. Particular attention is paid to the role of software, CRM systems, help desk platforms, and digital communication channels in maintaining interaction context and improving service efficiency. The study concludes that effective request processing contributes to stronger customer trust, loyalty, and retention.
Keywords: user requests, customer experience, customer service, service-oriented companies, customer retention, software.
7 A THREE-LAYER GUARDRAIL ARCHITECTURE FOR SECURING AUTONOMOUS AI AGENTS IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES
Tripathy R.
Abstract : Autonomous artificial intelligence agents now operate within live production workflows in healthcare, insurance, and financial services, where unsafe actions carry regulatory and financial consequences. Field evidence suggests that most failures in such deployments trace to the architecture rather than the underlying model, since systems are built to act but seldom to decide with appropriate care. This article advances the argument that safety in regulated settings emerges from three coordinated layers of constraint. The first layer governs behavior through model instructions; the second enforces limits through system design that holds whatever the model does; and the third keeps a human owner at defined checkpoints, with every override recorded. A tiered action space binds autonomy to risk, confidence thresholds determine when an agent acts and when it defers, and de-identification runs before any output reaches a system of record. The synthesis frames appropriate autonomy as the design goal, where an agent earns operator trust by acting when warranted, deferring when uncertain, and never executing unauthorized actions. The layered model generalizes beyond any one platform toward regulated industries as a whole.
Keywords: autonomous AI agents, guardrails, AI governance, regulated industries, compliance-by-design, human-in-the-loop.
8 SUBSECOND SEARCH OVER MULTI-TERABYTE DATA ARRAYS: DETERMINANTS OF ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING PERFORMANCE
Osetrov P.A.
Abstract : The article considers the problem of achieving and maintaining subsecond search over data arrays at a multi-terabyte scale. A hybrid approach is proposed, based on separating the primary data storage layer from an external full-text indexing layer. The primary storage provides consistent storage of records, structured attributes and normalized representations, whereas the full-text layer is used to build a search projection and return identifiers of candidate records. The paper shows that low search latency is determined not by a single index or hardware resource, but by a set of determinants: data and query normalization, condition selectivity, intersection of full-text and exact index results, index-cursor pagination, segment-based updating, atomic publication of updates and compact infrastructure placement. Experimental evaluation on datasets of up to 30 TB of source data and 100 billion records shows median latency within 220 ms, p₉₅ up to 760 ms and p₉₉ up to 940 ms. The main sources of degradation are low-selectivity queries, deep offset pagination and premature physical separation of system components.
Keywords: subsecond search, multi-terabyte data, full-text search, B-tree index, query selectivity, index-cursor pagination.
9 GLOBAL TRADE SERVICES ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOMS AND EXPORT-CONTROL COMPLIANCE IN MULTI-COUNTRY SAP DEPLOYMENTS
Rana S.
Abstract : The author examines Global Trade Services' architecture for customs and export-control compliance in multi-country SAP deployments. Cross-border order execution now depends on regulated data chains that connect product classification, duty treatment, embargo screening, license checks, customs declarations, broker communication, and audit records. The aim is to formulate an architecture that positions GTS as a compliance-control layer across SAP and connected logistics systems. The author applies source analysis, comparative analysis, typologization, and conceptual synthesis to ten recent academic, regulatory, and technical sources on digital customs, HS classification, legacy modernization, supply-chain risk governance, and SAP trade-compliance functions. The analytical part defines GTS's position in SAP landscapes, classifies the design dependencies that shape multi-country rollouts, and proposes practical governance logic for implementation and steady-state support. The model provides SAP architects with a basis for auditable, country-sensitive trade-compliance design in regulated enterprise deployments, without relying on proprietary project data across global operating regions.
Keywords: SAP Global Trade Services, SAP GTS, customs compliance, export control, multi-country rollout, commodity codes, duty management, sanctions screening, ERP governance, auditability.
10 METADATA-DRIVEN API ARCHITECTURE FOR SCALABLE MULTI-TENANT CLOUD PLATFORMS
Srivastava K.
Abstract : This article addresses the problem of designing metadata-driven API architectures for scalable multi-tenant cloud platforms. Particular attention is given to the limitations of traditional code-centric approaches, which increasingly encounter challenges related to maintainability, configuration management, and architectural consistency as the number of services, APIs, and integration connections grows. A comprehensive analysis of contemporary studies on metadata-driven architectures, API governance, multi-tenant cloud platforms, service orchestration, runtime validation, and configuration-based software development approaches was conducted. The findings indicate that, as cloud ecosystems become more complex, the primary architectural challenges shift from the development of individual services to the governance of interactions between them. The study demonstrates that the use of metadata as a centralized governance mechanism enables the consistent operation of APIs, services, tenant configurations, and integration processes. It is shown that metadata-driven approaches can reduce architectural coupling between components and provide greater flexibility in adapting platforms to changing requirements without continuous modification of application code. Based on the analysis, the author developed the Metadata-Driven Configuration and API Governance Model (MCAGM), which integrates metadata management, tenant-aware configuration, API governance, runtime validation, and service coordination within a unified architectural framework. The proposed model extends existing perspectives on the design principles of multi-tenant cloud platforms and may be applied in the development of enterprise cloud ecosystems, backend platforms, integration services, and metadata-driven software solutions. The article may be of interest to software architects, backend developers, cloud technology specialists, enterprise platform engineers, and researchers in the field of cloud computing.
Keywords: metadata-driven architecture, multi-tenant cloud platform, runtime validation, configuration-driven architecture, metadata management, cloud computing.