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Appsian’s Executive Director for Security Solutions, Greg Wendt, appears in the latest episode of Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast. The focus of the conversation between Greg and host Steven Bowcut is legacy ERP data security and compliance. Their wide-ranging conversation also includes some of the potential security risks associated with legacy applications, what companies can do to protect sensitive…

If 2020 was the year of hastily enabling secure remote access to ERP applications, then 2021 will be the year when organizations realize that remote ERP access is here to stay – and long-term data privacy, security, and access governance strategies will be mission–critical. Securing ERP data has always been important in principle, but the…

ERP security had traditionally focused on vulnerability testing for ERP applications, whether hosted on-premise or in the cloud. Given the sensitive nature of ERP transactions, frequently checking applications, databases, and servers for vulnerabilities through routine assessments had long been considered best practice. It makes sense that application vulnerabilities are considered a top threat vector because…

From stopping fraud, theft, and errors to preventing SOX compliance violations, SAP Segregation of Duties (SoD) plays a lead role in minimizing business risk. Organizations must continuously iterate their internal controls to ensure their SoD strategy is effective; however, we all know this is easier said than done. What are SoD Violations? A Segregation of…

The sheer breadth and complexity of the procurement process can make maintaining effective internal controls difficult. Organizations must implement business process controls to ensure that employees only have access to SAP procurement transactions appropriate to their role and that the activity within these transactions falls in line with their established business policies. Having tightly aligned…

With 2020 nearly three months behind us and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines picking up speed, organizations are looking hopefully to 2021 and beyond. Optimism aside, a hard truth about 2021 is that remote work and ERP access are here to stay. Organizations must put a mission-critical emphasis on ERP data privacy, security, and access…

The ERP security landscape is drastically evolving and traditionally on-premise applications such as SAP ECC and S/4HANA are falling behind. Dynamic risks posed by remote access, changing compliance requirements, and the rising number of user-centric threats have highlighted a gap in controls. The ways users access SAP has changed, and because of this, it’s time…

Implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems has always been both mission-critical and notoriously difficult. They must align with business processes, but the organization distributes those processes across multiple departments. Legacy ERP systems, often considered a large one-time investment, lack the flexibility necessary to scale with your business. As your organization began its digital transformation journey,…

Taken from Moshe Panzer’s May 4th blog post on xpandion.com: For 14 years, Xpandion has been on a mission: to help organizations create better alignment between user permissions, authorizations, and security best practices. Xpandion’s innovation originated from our deep roots in SAP and developed alongside the market’s enterprise business processes that steadily increased in complexity….