Layer Seven Security’s Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Solutions Achieves SAP Certification
The Cybersecurity Extension v3.4 for SAP Solutions has achieved SAP-certified integration with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform. This certification confirms that the solution successfully interoperates with SAP landscapes, providing automated vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response capabilities for business-critical SAP applications and infrastructure. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Solutions offers advanced security diagnostics and […]
SolarWinds Attack: Lessons Learned for SAP Cyber Security
The SolarWinds supply chain attack demonstrates the severe risks of third-party security platforms that require direct connections to business-critical systems. By trojanizing software updates, attackers bypassed traditional security measures, highlighting the need for SAP organizations to prioritize self-contained security monitoring solutions that rely on direct, verified source updates. Executive Summary The SolarWinds attack, which compromised […]
Compliance Reporting for the SAP Security Baseline
The SAP Security Baseline provides a standardized benchmark for hardening SAP ABAP, HANA, and Java systems against known vulnerabilities. By utilizing automated tools like the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Solution Manager, organizations can conduct continuous gap assessments, eliminate manual audit processes, and generate on-demand compliance reports to ensure their SAP environment meets current security requirements. What […]
Anomaly Detection with Cybersecurity Extension for SAP
Anomaly detection in SAP systems identifies previously unknown threats and bypasses anti-forensics by establishing profiles of normal user and system behavior. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP automates this process using machine learning, allowing security administrators to detect outliers that traditional signature-based pattern matching often misses. Executive Summary Threat detection has traditionally relied on rules and […]
Visualize Security Risks for SAP Systems with Threat Maps
environment, and customize views to focus on critical regions. Whether managing a local infrastructure or a complex, multi-national SAP environment, Threat Maps transform static database entries into actionable security intelligence. Key Takeaways How does the LMDB integrate with Threat Maps? System data is maintained in the Landscape Management Database (LMDB) of SAP Solution Manager, which […]
Layer Seven Security Recognized as a Top 25 Cyber Security Company for 2020
Layer Seven Security has been named one of the Top 25 Cyber Security Companies for 2020 by the editorial board of CIO Applications. This recognition highlights the firm’s innovative Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Solution Manager, a solution designed to provide automated vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response for business-critical SAP systems. Why was Layer […]
SIEM Integration for SAP: Challenges and Solutions
Integrating SAP logs directly into Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems is often a complex and costly process. By leveraging SAP Solution Manager to filter, structure, and enrich security event data, organizations can achieve seamless integration while avoiding the high maintenance and licensing costs associated with direct log ingestion. Watch the Webinar: You can view […]
SIEM Integration for SAP: Challenges and Best Practices
Directly integrating SAP logs into a SIEM system often creates significant operational hurdles, including high log volumes, complex maintenance requirements, and difficulties with event correlation. Organizations can overcome these challenges by using SAP Solution Manager as an intermediary to streamline data flow, improve threat detection, and simplify security operations. Executive Summary Integrating SAP systems with […]
SIEM Integration with SAP Solution Manager
Integrating SAP application logs with SIEM platforms is hard because of log complexity, volume, maintenance and missing IP data. The Cybersecurity Extension for SAP Solution Manager overcomes these obstacles by filtering, normalizing and enriching SAP security event data. Executive Summary Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms collect log data from applications, hosts, routers, switches, firewalls and […]
SAP Vulnerability Assessment vs Penetration Testing
Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests are complementary but should be deployed sequentially: vulnerability assessments come first, then penetration testing against hardened systems. Testing systems that have not been hardened gives predictable results, since the objective of penetration testing is to assess the strength of security defenses. Executive Summary Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing both serve […]