SAP CyberSecurity
What Is Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems and information from digital attacks. Cybersecurity measures are designed to combat threats against networked systems and applications, whether those threats originate from inside or outside of an organization.
Businesses with a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, governed by best practices and automated using advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, can fight cyber threats more effectively and reduce the impact of breaches when they occur.
What Is Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems and information from digital attacks. Cybersecurity measures are designed to combat threats against networked systems and applications, whether those threats originate from inside or outside of an organization.
Businesses with a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, governed by best practices and automated using advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, can fight cyber threats more effectively and reduce the impact of breaches when they occur.
What Is SAP Cybersecurity?
SAP cybersecurity solutions include:
UI Data Protection Masking and UI Data Protection Logging
- Protect sensitive information in the user interface layer
- Block or log data access
- Secure and refine access
SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer
- Identify and remedy security vulnerabilities in ABAP custom code
SAP Focused Run
- Security configuration management for SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver, and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
- Patch management
SAP Enterprise Threat Detection and SAP Enterprise Threat Detection Cloud Edition
- Security information and event management solution tailored to the needs of SAP applications
- Identify and analyze threats in SAP applications
SAP Data Custodian and SAP Data Custodian Key Management Service
- Manage security keys
- Monitor and report on data access, storage, movement, processing, and location
- Create and enforce data access, location, movement, and processing policies
SAP Privacy Governance
- Identify security and privacy risks
- Deploy and manage maturity assessments with configurable templates
- Manage security and privacy control evaluations and monitor ongoing compliance
Further Resources for SAPinsiders
SAP Cybersecurity in an Age of Uncertainty. In this article, Jhansi R Bandaru, PMP-Certified IT SAP Security/Compliance Lead, explains that organizations should regularly audit SAP systems to check their security and data integrity and identify vulnerabilities before attackers do. Knowing the weaknesses and gaps in a system is the first step in empowering management to deal with those vulnerabilities proactively, concisely, and effectively.
Expert Q&A: The Importance of Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management. In this video interview, Gabriele Fiata, Head of Enterprise Risk Management and Innovation at SAP, shares his thoughts on enterprises’ common mistakes when managing cybersecurity risk and the need to integrate cybersecurity into an enterprise’s risk management framework.
A Holistic Approach to Managing Cybersecurity & Protecting Your Data. According to SAP Cybersecurity Solution Advisor Anne Marie Colombo, organizations should minimize user access to data by segregating and protecting it. This article presents best practices to ensure a holistic approach to cybersecurity and data protection for your enterprise.
Vendors that can assist SAP customers with cybersecurity include: Capgemini, Fastpath, Fortinet, Layer Seven Security, Lookout, Onapsis, RSM, and Saviynt.
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Anatomy of an Attack: Breaking Down a C2 Incident on SAP
Onapsis Research Labs detailed a security breach where an SAP system was compromised, transformed into a command and control bot through a vulnerability, and used to launch a distributed denial of service attack via Cloudflare.
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Extending GenAI to SAP Cybersecurity
As organizations grow and scale, their SAP attack surface expands as well and so do vulnerability points in the SAP systems. Organizations often struggle to manage the challenges associated with scalability and need robust measures for protecting their SAP systems, safeguarding data, and managing user identity, access, and authorizations. Traditional security monitoring techniques that rely…
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Mind the Gap – Why Your OS Anti-virus Does Not Protect Your SAP Data
An organization’s SAP environment is a large, sprawling landscape with all sorts of third-party applications and customizations. With expansive capabilities come extended attack surfaces that malicious actors may try to take advantage of. Companies must take every precaution to ensure that their entire SAP landscapes are protected from viruses and other threats. All too often,…
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Security Logging and Alerting for SAP BTP
SAP BTP is a cloud platform that allows organizations to customize and extend SAP solutions without altering the core, thereby offering enhanced flexibility, scalability, and lower maintenance costs, while also providing a suite of integrated development, security, and monitoring services for both cloud and on-premise customers.
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Preparing for NIS2 Compliance: Onapsis Solutions for NIS2 Readiness
Organizations using SAP as their digital core must navigate increased security and compliance challenges, especially with the upcoming NIS2 Directive in October 2024, which imposes stricter cybersecurity requirements and accountability, prompting companies to enhance their cybersecurity measures to avoid severe penalties. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a…
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Safeguarding SAP Landscapes Amidst Evolving Cyber Threats
SAP security monitoring uses automated tools to manage vulnerabilities in access control and application security, yet ongoing threats like ransomware and insider risks necessitate comprehensive strategies and third-party services, such as those from Markgraf Consulting, to enhance defenses and ensure system integrity.
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Comprehensive Security Monitoring with Xiting’s Innovative Solutions
SAP systems, essential yet complex for large enterprises, require robust security measures including real-time monitoring and threat detection to protect against cyber-attacks, ensure compliance, and optimize resource management, with solutions like Xiting’s SIEM Cockpit providing comprehensive monitoring and vulnerability mitigation.
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Increased Security for RISE with SAP Landscapes with Fortinet
Companies are increasingly moving towards cloud-based solutions to increase agility, efficiency and to ensure streamlined operations. RISE with SAP is a single solution to address multiple ERP needs of companies and it also provides a way for smooth cloud deployment. Through its single subscription model, it helps companies cut costs, optimize processes, and save time.…
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83% of Organizations experienced at least one ransomware attack in the last year
A recent report reveals that 83% of organizations faced ransomware attacks in the past year, with significant impacts on ERP systems, prompting 93% to seek dedicated ERP security solutions, while concerns grow over AI-enhanced threats and organizations increasingly adjusting their cybersecurity strategies and investments.
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Hash Cracking and the SAP Landscape
This article discusses the use of hashing for password security in SAP systems, explaining how hashes are stored, methods for cracking them using tools like JohnTheRipper and Hashcat, and emphasizes the importance of addressing weak hashes and deactivating downward compatibility to enhance data protection.
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