Layer Seven Security Achieves CyberSecure Certification
Layer Seven Security has successfully achieved certification under the CyberSecure Canada program, reinforcing the company’s commitment to maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture and applying recognized baseline security controls across its operations. For customers that rely on SAP systems to support business-critical processes, the certification provides independent validation that Layer Seven Security operates within a structured […]
State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks: An Increasing Threat to SAP Solutions
State-sponsored cyber attacks are an increasing threat to organizations amid rising geopolitical tensions. According to the 2025 State of Information Security Report, 88% of cybersecurity and information security leaders express concern over state-sponsored cyber attacks. The concerns are driven by recent dramatic increases in the volume of threat activity attributed to state sponsored threat actors. […]
Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, NetWeaver Edition
Layer Seven Security is pleased to announce the official release of the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, NetWeaver Edition. The release enables organizations to secure and monitor business-critical SAP applications without the need for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platforms such as SAP Solution Manager, SAP Focused Run, and Cloud ALM. The NetWeaver Edition can be deployed […]
Proposed Changes to the Security Rule for HIPAA Compliance
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law in the United States that establishes minimum standards for securing Protected Health Information (PHI) including electronic PHI (ePHI). It applies to all organizations that store, process or transmit PHI for U.S citizens. PHI includes specific personal and health identifiers such as names, email […]
The Most Critical SAP Security Notes of 2024
Security notes are released by SAP on the second Tuesday of every month to address vulnerabilities in SAP solutions. The vulnerabilities are discovered by external security researchers and reported as part of SAP’s disclosure program. They are also discovered directly by SAP through its’s ongoing research and testing. Security notes are scored by SAP using […]
Buyers Guide to SAP Enterprise Threat Detection
SAP Enterprise Threat Detection (ETD) is the premier solution from SAP for identifying and responding to cyber attacks in SAP applications. ETD collects and analyzes log data from SAP systems and uses predefined patterns to detect Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and trigger alerts for suspected security incidents. ETD includes graphical tools to support log analysis […]
CrowdStrike Outage: Lessons Learned for SAP Solutions
The fallout of the recent worldwide systems outage has far-reaching consequences for cybersecurity. The outage is estimated to impact 8.5 million devices powered by Microsoft Windows operating systems. The cause of the outage is a corrupted update for an agent used for the Falcon security platform from CrowdStrike. Falcon uses a cloud architecture with servers, […]
Artificial Intelligence Exploits Vulnerabilities in Systems with a 87 percent Success Rate
Based on a newly-released paper published by researchers at the University of Illinois, AI agents can combine large language models with automation software to autonomously analyze and exploit security vulnerabilities. During the research, OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model was able to successfully exploit 87 percent of vulnerabilities when provided with a CVE advisory describing the […]
Security with SAP RISE: A Shared Model of Responsibility
SAP RISE is a cloud-based service offering from SAP that includes the private edition of SAP S/4HANA Cloud at the core. As part of the offering, SAP maintains privately-managed, single-tenanted accounts for each customer with hyperscale providers including AWS, Azure and GCP. The accounts are fully managed by SAP. Therefore, SAP acts as a cloud […]
Maximize Your SAP Security Budget: How to Cut Costs Without Downgrading Cybersecurity
According to a recent report from SAPinsider, almost two-thirds of organizations are placing cybersecurity projects on hold or scaling back planned investments in cybersecurity due to the current economic climate. 18 percent of organizations are reducing the size of cybersecurity teams. The latter can have a drastic effect on collaboration and morale. The impact is […]