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Dec 11th SAP Community @SAPMentors Call: What you always wanted to know about SAP Security, but did not dare to ask!

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Abstract:

Abstract: What you always wanted to know about SAP Security, but did not dare to ask!

Not a day goes by without the next new data theft or IT hack being reported. What can you do to keep your SAP systems secure and find the hackers in your system?

In this SAP Community Session we will give recommendations on how to develop securely, how to keep up-to-date with security patching and introduce SAP’s security products (SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication, SAP Cloud Platform Identity Provisioning, SAP Enterprise Threat Detection, SAP Single Sign-On, SAP Identity Management) with short demos. Attendees will have the option to ask questions and pick topics for future deep dives.

 

Presenter: Gerlinde Zibulski , Director of Product Management Security and Identity Management at SAP SE

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Buzz word today APT – advance persisted threats

For SAP customers with business critical systems may deal with identity theft and data theft

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Value of data; Equifax hack

Value of data is high

Volume of data is a risk

Vulnerability of end points is usually not SAP’s “turf”

 

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Each bubble represents an size/cost of attack

See comparison – site is from Information is Beautiful

40 in 2004; 2016 in 44 – size and cost has risen significantly

 

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Security speedometer; cyber attacks are real

Comment from Matt Fraser ” Lots of brute-force password guessing, it seems.”

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How SAP is targeted

Many data centers with business critical data

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What SAP IT Security does and sees on a monthly basis

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SAP wants to be the most trusted software vendor in the world

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3 corner strategy is above

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Target zero vulnerabilities so the software is secure

Defendable applications came from customer requests

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Working with partners on security partners

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Train your people; SAP project is called Human Firewall, mandatory training

She suggested taking a SAP data center tour

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SAP is “buzzword” security compliant

Visit the SAP Cloud Trust Center

Also visit SAP Help

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Use 2 Factor Authentication

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10 security recommendations for customers

SAP Security Patch day are the 2nd Tuesday of each month – recommend customers implement high and very high immediately

 

For ABAP you can use the code vulnerability analyzer

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Don’t run systems on the internet using http

RFC connections and users are vulnerable; unified connectivity is a tool part of NetWeaver ABAP server

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Business applications contain business critical data

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SAP security products

SAP is looking to integrate the SAP Cloud Platform applications

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      Author's profile photo Roland Knipp
      Roland Knipp

      Great session by Gerlinde!

      Tammy, thx for sharing the slides!

      As the session was recorded, will be there also a link to it? There were some demos in addition worth to be seen again.

       

      Author's profile photo Tammy Powlas
      Tammy Powlas
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      Hi Roland - I meant to ask for the recording earlier and forgot - I just sent an e-mail and will update the blog as soon as I get it...thank you for following up

      Author's profile photo Matt Fraser
      Matt Fraser

      Agreed, the demos, and much of the audio conversation, were really the best part of this presentation.

      Author's profile photo Tammy Powlas
      Tammy Powlas
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      Roland - thank you for following up - thanks to Maria Farrales I have updated the blog with the recording link

      Author's profile photo Christopher Solomon
      Christopher Solomon

      Dangit! I must have missed the reschedule email from when the original meeting got pushed. Thanks for the info though, Tammy!