Securing SAP Systems: Strategies to Minimize Attack Surface and Protect Sensitive Data

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Key Takeaways

⇨ SAP systems are prevalent but are also vulnerable to cyber attacks due to configuration errors and software bugs.

⇨ Access control issues in SAP systems pose significant risks, allowing unauthorized access and potential exploitation.

⇨ Continuous monitoring and strong security measures are essential to protect SAP systems from cyber threats.

SAP systems are susceptible to cyber attacks due to configuration errors, access control issues, and software bugs, highlighting the need for continuous monitoring and robust security measures.

SAP systems, widely used and vulnerable, pose significant risks of cyber attacks due to configuration errors, access control issues, and software bugs, necessitating continuous monitoring and implementation of strong security measures to protect against exploitation. Fill the Form below to read the entire article.

Have you experienced configuration errors, access control problems, or problems due to software bugs? If you haven’t had these problems and run SAP, beware that you might. If you have, you may have already found that those problems were due to issues in the SAP environment when integrated with multiple systems containing business-critical information—this is causing SAP systems to be vulnerable to attack. There exist vulnerabilities in SAP that can be exploited by bad actors who want access to classified information.

SAP systems’ ubiquity and vulnerabilities make them prime targets for cyber attacks. The potential risks are significant financial loss, data loss, reputational damage, and even legal liability. When attackers infiltrate the SAP system, these risks become a reality. If your third-party applications and systems are integrated into your SAP, they create an attack vector. This awareness of the potential risks will help you adopt a cautious approach to your system’s security and understand the issue’s urgency.

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Why is the SAP attack surface so important?

Organizations must constantly monitor their attack surface to identify and block potential threats as quickly as possible. They also must try to minimize the attack surface area to reduce the risk of cyberattacks succeeding. In the context of SAP, the Internet Communication Manager (ICM) or Internet Communication Framework (ICF) is available via SAP transaction SICF, and the remote function call connection setup is prone to overexposing services to the outside. With SAP security in mind, SAP users must continuously assess and inventory the exposed services (SOAP, WebService, APIs). Any service that is not used or does not serve a specific SAP business scenario should be deactivated to reduce the attack surface and, thus, minimize the risk of exploitation. This proactive approach puts you in control of your system’s security.

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