Secure, Patch & Respond: Security Analytics with SAP Web Intelligence
SAP Web Intelligence lets users visualize and manage security risks in SAP systems through interactive web reports. Powered by the BusinessObjects platform, it connects directly to SAP Solution Manager data to show vulnerabilities, missing security notes and open alerts using dynamic charts, graphs and detailed tables. Executive Summary SAP Web Intelligence reports summarize SAP security […]
Coming Soon: Security Reporting with SAP Web Intelligence
SAP Web Intelligence (WebI) is a self-service reporting platform for analyzing and visualizing SAP data in a web browser. It uses BEx queries to reach security data in Business Warehouse within Solution Manager, so teams can build dynamic reports with embedded dashboards to monitor risks and track remediation. Executive Summary Layer Seven is preparing security […]
How to Comply with the DHS Recommendations for Securing SAP Systems from Cyber Attacks
SAP Solution Manager helps you comply with the DHS recommendations for securing SAP systems by covering all seven: vulnerability scanning, interface analysis, privileged-user review, indicator-of-compromise monitoring, user-behaviour monitoring, threat intelligence updates and baseline compliance monitoring, using Configuration Validation, System Recommendations, ICMon and the Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure. Executive Summary In response to a rise in […]
SolMan-SIEM Integration for Advanced Threat Detection
SolMan-SIEM integration lets SAP Solution Manager parse and filter SAP log events, then forward only structured alerts to SIEM platforms such as Splunk. This avoids ingesting raw logs, speeds deployment and reduces the rules needed to interpret SAP event data, giving centralized monitoring and cross-platform correlation. Executive Summary SAP Solution Manager detects Indicators of Compromise […]
DHS Issues Warning for Cyber Attacks Targeting SAP Applications
The United States Department of Homeland Security issued a warning this week for malicious cyber activity targeting ERP applications including SAP. The warning is based on the findings of a recent report issued by Digital Shadows. The report discusses the dramatic rise in cyber attacks on widely used ERP applications. The report echoes the findings of […]
U.S Treasury Sanctions ERPScan
Earlier this week, the United States Treasury issued an Executive Order to prohibit U.S organizations from engaging with ERPScan, a subsidiary of Digital Security and a provider of security software and services for SAP systems. According to a press release issued by the Treasury, Digital Security “provided material and technological support to Russia’s Federal Security […]
Equifax Data Breach: Attackers Exploited an Unapplied Security Patch, not a Zero-Day Vulnerability
On September 15, Equifax released a statement to confirm the initial attack vector that led to the compromise of personal information relating to 143 million consumers in the US, UK and Canada targeted an Apache Struts vulnerability within a web application that supports the organization’s online dispute portal. The patch for the vulnerability had been […]
Discover Vulnerable System Connections with Interface Monitoring
Interface Monitoring provides the answer to one of the most vexing questions in SAP security: where are our vulnerable cross-system connections and how do we monitor them to ensure they’re not abused by attackers? Although Interface Monitoring, also known as Interface Channel Monitoring or ICMon, has been available in SAP Solution Manager since version 7.10 […]
Highlights of the 2017 DBIR Report
The Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has chronicled the growth in security and data breaches for over a decade. The findings of the most recent report released on April 27 are based on the analysis of more than 42,000 security incidents across a variety of industries and countries. For the first time, the DBIR examines […]
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 […]