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energy-oil-gas-cybersecurity

Aug 12, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

A whopping 96 percent of energy, oil, and gas industry professionals fear operational shutdowns and threats to their employees’ safety due to a digital attack, according to a 2018 Tripwire study.

Their fear is well-justified: 40 percent of...

bridging-the-cybersecurity-gap

Jul 31, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

It’s an understatement to say that your SAP system contains and controls your most mission-critical data and processes. Keeping your applications safe and secure, therefore, isn’t a one-person job: It requires a team of professionals, all performing...

small-infosec-teams

Jul 12, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

SAP is your organization’s cardiovascular system. It allows mission-critical data to flow smoothly from application to application and from team to team, ensuring every limb of the company can function the way it needs to.

Protecting your SAP...

ms-office-macros

Jun 18, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

In the cybersecurity world, one thing is certain: As soon as security testing experts find a new way to penetrate defenses, you can guarantee that cybercriminals are making the same discovery.

A prime example of this phenomenon came to light at the...

cybersecurity-stats

May 21, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

The news these days on cybersecurity is often grim. High-profile data breaches affect millions of consumers, data sabotage threatens vital infrastructure and systems, and massive phishing schemes wreak havoc on personal privacy. Cybersecurity...

employer-liability

May 2, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

Whether they’re signing up for a gym membership or downloading a new app, it seems like people are perpetually being asked for their personal information. And while consumers may have varying levels of trust in the organizations making the requests,...

marriott-data-hack-lessons

Apr 11, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

As 2018 drew to a close, another high-profile data hack hit the news: This time, the victim was hospitality giant Marriott. The breach was initially thought to have affected up to 500 million people, with their personal data — including millions of...

data-theft-and-sap

Mar 26, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

Information security professionals and CIOs are feeling the squeeze. Not only is the number of data breaches increasing all the time, but the number of available cybersecurity professionals is decreasing.

As a result, IS teams face a constant...

fiori-security-for-managers

Mar 12, '19 by Joerg Schneider-Simon

Managers tasked with SAP cybersecurity used to have a (slightly) easier time with threat management. The primary reason? Every SAP end user was contained within the company’s four walls. All endpoints were known, and the SAP system was a closed loop.