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Our blog is the premier resource for CISOs and SAP security and Basis specialists seeking deep technical insights into the SAP threat landscape. Our research team provides expert analysis on emerging attack vectors targeting S/4HANA, SAP RISE, and SAP BTP, as well as practical guidance on meeting global compliance standards such as NIS2 and SOX. By translating complex vulnerability disclosures into actionable defense strategies, we empower the global SAP community to harden their mission-critical environments and implement proactive monitoring frameworks that bridge the gap between SAP teams and security operations.

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Security KPI Monitoring with SolMan Dashboards

SAP Fiori revolutionizes the user experience in Solution Manager 7.2. The dynamic tile-based layout replaces the work center approach in Solution Manager 7.1. In fact, since the Fiori launchpad provides direct and customizable access to applications, it virtually removes the role of work centers in Solution Manager.  Fiori and Fiori Apps are the first pillar

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SAP Security Notes, February 2017

Note 2410061 patches a dangerous Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) vulnerability in the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE) Administration Portal. The DOE is used to access the SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator to manage and monitor mobile system landscapes. This includes connecting mobile clients, deploying agents and packages to mobile devices, managing single sign-on, and other tasks.

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Explore Service Level Reporting in SolMan 7.2

Service Level Reporting (SLR) in SAP Solution Manager performs regular checks against key performance indicators using information available from the EarlyWatch Alert (EWA), Business Warehouse (BW) and the Computer Center Management System (CCMS). The checks can be for single systems or systems grouped into solutions. Reports run automatically on a weekly or monthly schedule but

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SAP Security Notes, January 2017

Note 2407862 deals with a highly dangerous buffer overflow vulnerability in Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM) that scores almost 10/10 using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System.  SySAM performs license management for products such as ASE, ESP, PowerDesigner and the Replication Server. The vulnerability arises from the Flexera Flexnet Publisher software bundled in SySAM. The third

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Introducing the SAP Cybersecurity Framework 4.0

Cyber attacks are at epidemic levels. According to research performed by 360 Security, there were over 85 billion attacks in 2015, equivalent to 2000 attacks per second. The cost of data breaches continues to grow, year after year, and reached record levels in 2016. Juniper Research estimate that average costs will exceed $150M within three

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RFC Hacking: How to Hack an SAP System in 3 Minutes

RFC exploits are hardly new. In fact, some of the well-known exploits demonstrated below are addressed by SAP Notes dating back several years. However, the disturbing fact is that the measures required to harden SAP systems against such exploits are not universally applied. As a result, many installations continue to be vulnerable to relatively simple

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Securing Your Business: Security at SAP

In an open letter addressed to SAP customers earlier this year, SAP CEO Bill McDermott acknowledges the “tremendous concern around information security” given the “relentless and multiplying” threat presented by increasingly sophisticated attackers. The letter introduces the SAP paper Securing Your Business that discusses security trends and outlines SAP’s response to cyber threats. According to

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Cybercrime Projected to Reach $2 Trillion by 2019

According to a recent study from Juniper Research, the worldwide cost of data breaches will exceed $2 trillion by 2019. This is equivalent to 2.2% of forecast global GDP and represents a four-fold increase upon data breach costs in 2015. The average cost of data breaches will also increase to $150 million or 25 times

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SAP Security Notes – August 2016

Note 2319506 addresses a blind SQL injection vulnerability in Database Monitors for Oracle. The vulnerability impacts all versions of SAP Basis and rates extremely high on the impact scale using the common vulnerability scoring system. Content-based and time-based blind SQL injection is used by attackers to determine when input is interpreted as a SQL statement.

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Three Reasons You Should Budget for SAP Breach Costs

The average cost of a data breach has now surpassed $4 million. This is according to the latest study from the Ponemon Institute issued earlier this month. The study surveyed 383 organizations in 12 countries. It revealed that not only are data breach costs increasingly across the board, the probability that organizations will suffer a breach

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Security in SAP HANA

SAP HANA is now deployed by over 7,500 organizations worldwide. While this represents only a fraction of the 300,000 companies that use SAP software globally, adoption is growing rapidly, doubling in 2015 alone. As expected, the introduction of SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (S/4HANA) has accelerated this growth by widening the use-case for SAP

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US-CERT Issues Alert for SAP Invoker Servlet Vulnerability

US-CERT published an alert yesterday to warn SAP customers of the dangers posed by the invoker servlet vulnerability in AS Java systems. According to the alert, there is evidence to suggest that SAP systems at 36 organizations have been exploited by the vulnerability. The organizations are based in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China,

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