Our friends at Cybersecurity Insiders recently released their 2018 Application Security Report, which contains some eyebrow-raising results. For example, only 62 percent of respondents feel (at best) moderately confident in their organization’s...

Oct 26, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
Passwords are out, prints are in.
Biometric security features have been added to door locks, banking applications, smart phones and beyond. Instead of memorizing pin numbers, authenticating our identity is now as simple as looking into a camera or...

Sep 27, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
The enemy is coming … and the white hats are outnumbered.
It’s predicted there will be a worldwide shortage of cybersecurity professionals—2 million of them, to be precise—by 2019. Should someone from your own cybersecurity team leave your company...

Aug 21, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
The internet has come a long way since the days of screeching dial-up modems. We’ve become used to quick and reliable internet access from our computers and smartphones.
The new frontier? Connected appliances, vehicles, equipment, and more. The...

Aug 9, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
On July 25th, the world received some startling news: The US Department of Homeland Security had issued an alert about ERP systems (specifically, SAP and Oracle) being targeted by nation-state attackers, cybercriminals, and hacktivist groups.
This...

Jul 19, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
Whether a company is looking at customers, suppliers, production, or finances, it’s looking at data. And SAP is one of the most widely used platforms for companies to manage their data and perform the multiple tasks that keep a business running.
So,...

Jul 10, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
Supply chains keep an organization operating at full pace … or they can stop a company in its tracks. Without a well-run supply chain, a company can’t produce their product, maintain their equipment, or even manage day-to-day operations.
Today’s...

Jun 28, '18 by Joerg Schneider-Simon
It’s no surprise that SAP is one of the most widely used business platforms in the world, considering how wide-ranging and versatile it is.
And as a responsible company, SAP works hard to push out patches, called “security notes” in SAP-speak on a...