Hardening your SAP landscape
With our SAP penetration test, you can increase the security of your systems and identify critical vulnerabilities. This allows you to have the security of your SAP systems checked and confirmed by a neutral body.
Cybersecurity consulting
Cyber attacks are one of the biggest risks for companies of all sizes and in all industries today. Increasing digitalization and the use of cloud-based systems make an effective security concept indispensable.
Our cybersecurity consulting supports you in securing your IT infrastructure holistically - from analyzing potential vulnerabilities to developing individual protective measures.
With a tailored security approach, we help you to effectively prevent data loss, system failures and reputational damage - and to future-proof your organization.
We have identified three key reasons for greater SAP security, which in many cases serve as motivation to take a closer look at the security status of the SAP landscape:
- SAP outside the security focus
- Increasing cyberattacks against SAP
- Complementing the software development process
Motivation 1: SAP systems as standalone systems that are excluded from "normal" security checks
SAP systems are often regarded as isolated units that operate outside of conventional security checks and run under the security radar, even though they are at the heart of all business processes in the company. This is compounded by IT security teams who see SAP as a black box and SAP administrators who are primarily interested in the stable operation of the system. This entails considerable risks - potential attack surfaces remain undiscovered. Our specialized SAP penetration testing closes this gap and combines the knowledge of SAP and cybersecurity. We simulate authentic attack vectors, examine your standalone systems and identify vulnerabilities that are overlooked in traditional audits. This provides you with precise recommendations for action to strengthen your critical SAP landscape and make it future-proof.
Motivation 2: Cyberattacks do not stop at ERP systems
Cyber criminals know no boundaries and do not stop at complex ERP systems. These systems are often at the heart of company-wide processes and therefore attractive targets. Targeted attacks come not only from the outside, but also from the inside. Dissatisfied or malicious insiders know your system even better and if a system fails or is compromised or if sensitive data is leaked, there is a risk of high organizational and technical consequences, considerable financial damage, loss of image and potentially company-threatening consequences. With our SAP penetration tests, we simulate realistic attack scenarios that reflect both external and internal threats.
Motivation 3: More IT security in the development process
Software development processes contain methods for secure development and secure testing - a solid basic protection, but one that often overlooks security gaps due to a lack of expertise, inadequate tools or simply "operational blindness", thus enabling unauthorized access or actions. With the help of a neutral view from outside the development and quality assurance team, we review the previous checks and thus form an independent further check from the perspective of an offensive attacker. This means that the development is checked twice - from a defensive perspective and through the eyes of a real attacker.
SAP outside the security focus
Motivation 1: SAP systems as standalone systems that are excluded from "normal" security checks
SAP systems are often regarded as isolated units that operate outside of conventional security checks and run under the security radar, even though they are at the heart of all business processes in the company. This is compounded by IT security teams who see SAP as a black box and SAP administrators who are primarily interested in the stable operation of the system. This entails considerable risks - potential attack surfaces remain undiscovered. Our specialized SAP penetration testing closes this gap and combines the knowledge of SAP and cybersecurity. We simulate authentic attack vectors, examine your standalone systems and identify vulnerabilities that are overlooked in traditional audits. This provides you with precise recommendations for action to strengthen your critical SAP landscape and make it future-proof.
Increasing cyberattacks against SAP
Motivation 2: Cyberattacks do not stop at ERP systems
Cyber criminals know no boundaries and do not stop at complex ERP systems. These systems are often at the heart of company-wide processes and therefore attractive targets. Targeted attacks come not only from the outside, but also from the inside. Dissatisfied or malicious insiders know your system even better and if a system fails or is compromised or if sensitive data is leaked, there is a risk of high organizational and technical consequences, considerable financial damage, loss of image and potentially company-threatening consequences. With our SAP penetration tests, we simulate realistic attack scenarios that reflect both external and internal threats.
Complementing the software development process
Motivation 3: More IT security in the development process
Software development processes contain methods for secure development and secure testing - a solid basic protection, but one that often overlooks security gaps due to a lack of expertise, inadequate tools or simply "operational blindness", thus enabling unauthorized access or actions. With the help of a neutral view from outside the development and quality assurance team, we review the previous checks and thus form an independent further check from the perspective of an offensive attacker. This means that the development is checked twice - from a defensive perspective and through the eyes of a real attacker.
How abat provides concrete support with cyber security
As a long-standing SAP consulting firm, abat combines comprehensive SAP expertise with IT security know-how, contributing to holistic security solutions that are precisely tailored to the individual challenges of your SAP landscape.
In addition to finding security vulnerabilities, we can also support you in remedying them and advise you on the security of your SAP landscape so that your IT remains resilient and secure in the future. Targeted penetration testing is a central component of our security strategy.
Your security advantage with our penetration test
Expansion of existing quality assurance
We extend your development process with an active security validation that checks the quality assurance that has already taken place, thus enabling you to have an all-round secure development process.
Listing, evaluation and remediation measures
Our SAP penetration test documents any vulnerabilities found and evaluates them against international standards. In addition, a possible way to correct the vulnerability is also provided for each vulnerability. The results document is made available to you and enables you to identify and rectify the most critical vulnerabilities immediately.
Quick and easy security check of your SAP system
Our SAP penetration test requires no preliminary work on your SAP system. After an initial kick-off and a detailed discussion of our penetration test, the test phase can begin.
Clear and cumulative overview of results
In addition to written documentation of the vulnerabilities, we also go through the results of our penetration test with you and show you the status of your system using an interactive dashboard.
Explicit testing of your RFC security
RFC is one of the central technologies within an SAP system landscape and can create fatal security vulnerabilities if configured incorrectly. This is why we explicitly check the security of all RFC components on a system, giving you an overview of your RFC security.
How do we proceed?
Our penetration test is characterized by a structured and careful approach, which is adapted to the customer's needs in close coordination. Our proven procedure is characterized by the following phases:
1. preliminary discussion and offer
- actual analysis of the SAP landscape
- Clarification of the scope of the test
- Agreement on minimum preconditions
- Subsequently: Offer with the framework conditions for carrying out the penetration test
2. kick-off
- Discussion of technical details
- Creation of the test conditions
3. Penetration test
- Practical execution of the test
- At the end: short interim meeting on the preliminary results
4. report and completion date
- Preparation and sending of the results report
- Presentation of the results
- Joint review of the status of the system in the dashboard
5. Re-test and further support
Our SMARTsolution
SAP penetration test
Check SAP systems specifically for vulnerabilities - how well is your security validation really set up and where are the potential risks?
FAQs
1. What is an SAP penetration test and why is it important?
A penetration test for SAP simulates targeted attacks under real conditions in order to identify vulnerabilities in configuration, interfaces and processes. Complex, stand-alone SAP systems in particular often elude traditional audits - this is where a penetration test provides clarity and security.
2. What advantages does an SAP penetration test offer over standard security audits?
3. How are internal threats in the SAP environment addressed?
4. How often should an SAP penetration test be carried out?
5. What distinguishes abat from other providers?
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