Blogs tagged SAP Security Research

Our world is undergoing a digital transformation, in business, society and private life. The need for physical distancing that we face in these times of pandemic even accelerates this process: working from home, virtual meetings and events, new... Read More »

Thanks to package managers like Maven, pip or npm, the consumption of open source components is a very natural part of software development. By now, the majority of modern software applications – commercial or not – depends on at least... Read More »

Github Github.com is a hosting platform for software development version control and management. With more than 100 million repositories (with at least 28 million public ones), it is the largest host of source code in the world. Users can use... Read More »

It is well known that data collection is the focus and the monetization basis for some of the largest companies in the world. Moreover, machine learning solutions are increasingly deployed and they require massive amounts of training data. Such... Read More »

In a competitive environment, companies are often interested in knowing how they perform compared to competitors. This allows to identify in which area they need to make improvements or modify their best practices and take decisions to increase some... Read More »

Attackers always had the higher ground in the cyber space. To infiltrate systems, they can use a variety of social engineering tricks, combined with low cost automated attacks. It is time for defenders to make a stand, with something that will give... Read More »

Many of us have surely heard more than once, and maybe more than enough, all these buzzwords (old and new), trends and hypes relating to concept such as Fog Computing, Edge Computing, IT/OT convergence as well as the newer or reworked ones such as... Read More »

My journey at BlackHat   Black Hat Europe, taking place from 2nd until 5th of December in London, is the yearly unmissable event for security experts interested in discovering new offensive and defensive IT security trends. During the event... Read More »

#Interview of Dr. Roger Gutbrod, Head of SAP Security Research What are the main principles that drive the SAP strategy in that domain? First of all, I would like to talk about SAP sales and the change of our sales pitches. In the past SAP... Read More »

Results from the 2nd Annual SAP Security Research Seminar I was recently asked: “What is the most challenging security problem SAP has to solve?” There is a clear answer to it. We must balance two things: The importance of daily security... Read More »