Ensuring Proper SAP Security Measures with Bowbridge

⇨ Many IT teams feel that cybersecurity risks are not properly conveyed to the management which leads to improper action on behalf of the organization in dealing with these cyber threats.

⇨ While organizations continue to upgrade or customize their SAP systems, they also need to simultaneously upgrade their SAP security measures as these customizations/upgrades can give rise to new vulnerabilities.

⇨ Bowbridge solutions monitor user input on SAP applications from external web users, in real time and in the background to collect valuable insights into risks and vulnerabilities associated with SAP applications.

Numerous businesses today are pushing growth and catching up with rising customer demand. However, one area which many organizations are still neglecting is SAP security, as evidenced by the rising threats of cyber-attacks. Recent SAPinsider research revealed that the most common cybersecurity threats happened due to reasons like ransomware attacks, unpatched systems and security credentials being compromised.

In addition to that, many IT teams also feel that these cybersecurity risks are also not properly conveyed to the management which leads to improper action on behalf of the organization in dealing with these cyber threats. According to another survey, 63% of the respondents say that the C-suite underestimates the risks associated with cyber security threats.

Several factors contribute to this perception gap. Employees familiar with SAP struggle to convey threats effectively, while executives may lack the necessary expertise to fully grasp these risks, resulting in inadequate resource allocation for SAP security. Responsibility for SAP cybersecurity also remains ambiguous in many organizations, with a quarter of security professionals reporting no clear accountability for SAP security. This is because the responsibilities fragmented among broader IT teams, SAP security teams, and information security teams.

The scarcity of skilled professionals also worsens vulnerabilities, as evidenced by the widespread belief among survey participants that most SAP breaches would go undetected for extended periods. While organizations continue to upgrade or customize their SAP systems, they also need to simultaneously upgrade their SAP security measures as these customizations/upgrades can give rise to new vulnerabilities.

Effectively Dealing with Cyber Threats

Bowbridge, a trusted specialist in SAP security solutions, aims to assist these businesses in defining distinct roles and automating security functions to effectively deal with cyber-threats. The company’s solutions monitor user input on SAP applications from external web users, in real time and in the background to collect valuable insights into risks and vulnerabilities associated with SAP applications.

Bowbridge solutions also have the capability to seamlessly integrate with SAP systems like SAP NetWeaver and SAP Internet Communication Manager to add an extra layer of security in analyzing external requests before they reach the business systems. This also does not require any separate HTTP decoding. Furthermore, Bowbridge tends to be more hands-on in distributing solution updates to their customers proactively to ensure their threat detection capabilities stay up to date.

Organizations must be more proactive and prepared in dealing with cyber threats. IT professionals, from top to bottom, must collectively ensure that each application and teams have distinct roles and responsibilities in ensuring that the IT infrastructure is capable of identifying and tackling breaches, if they may happen. Businesses can turn to specialist SAP partners like Bowbridge to optimize their threat detection and risk management capabilities.