The main difference is that, in R/3 the first line of defence it S_TCODE, i mean its completely

based on Transaction.
Where as B/W is completely object based i.e, it deals with securing Infoobjetcs, Infocubes, ODS,
BW Queries, etc....
In R/3 the Security is through General Auth. profile and in HR Security it is a
combination of Structural Auth Profile and General Auth. Profile .General Auth.
Profile is restricted through Object and
field values . Structural Profile is data model based on different object types and
thier relationships which are components of Personnel Management i.e 1.
Organization Management 2. Personnel Development AND 3. Time and Event
management.

The difference b/w R/3 n HR security is in R/e we can restrict authorisation through
auth objects and fields and values. In HR also using objects but restricting through
infotypes and personal area' define in HR ORG structure.More over in hR having
restirction through structure profiles also.

BW
in Bw we are using different transaction codes like rsd1 rsa1...ets, and its
trasactional based not web based.its having max 10 authorisation fields
BI
in BI we are using a tool like thats RSECADMIN, and its web based not transactional
based. in that we are using number of authorisation fields, and new concept
Analysis authorisation is introdused in BI.....,