No business can survive without data and tons of business data are churned daily. Of all data, intellectual property is at the heart of all business activities and the “Crown Jewels” of the organization. Therefore, to prevent information of an organization from being used for fraudulent activities, hacking, phishing, and identity theft it is important to protect the data.

In our 10th episode of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas speaks to Jay Thoden Van Velzen, Multi-cloud Security Operations Advisor at SAP. Prior to Jay’s current role, Jay scaled the Security Development Operations (SecDevOps) team from five to 25 team members across three continents and five countries and was the Initiative Lead for multiple security improvement programs for multi-cloud across SAP. Topics discussed in this episode.

LUCERNE, JULY 2022: SECUDE, an established global data-centric security service provider, today announced it has been awarded the highest possible scores in security, deployment, and usability in the KuppingerCole 2022 Market Compass Report: Secure Collaboration for its outstanding ability in extending Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP).

RHONDOS is proud to have established a strategic partnership with Devo, the only cloud-native logging and security analytics platform. RHONDOS is bringing PowerConnect for SAP to Devo, and together we will provide mutual customers with an all-in-one solution so they can confidently address the question of what to do with SAP data.

We are excited to share that SECUDE has been rated “Outstanding in Extending Microsoft Purview Information Protection” in the KuppingerCole Market Compass for Secure Collaboration, May 2022. SECUDE was awarded the highest possible score of “Strong Positive” in the following categories: security, deployment, and usability.

The global pandemic has tilted the scales in favor of cybercriminals, who adapted their attack strategy to exploit the vulnerabilities in the existing security systems in the organizations. Added to this, the global mindset of businesses to shift to a remote and hybrid work environment has exacerbated the threat landscape resulting in high ransomware attacks and data breaches across the industries and geographies.

For many years, it’s been said that data is the new oil. This means that data rich companies could well be more successful than their competitors. Data and information are like fuel for companies since both are needed for ongoing business transactions and innovation. Companies can only win the race against their competitors if they are not losing this fuel, meaning they must keep data secure at all times and anywhere.

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, SAP patched a critical memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2022-22536) in the SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM) component that could lead to full system takeover without authentication or user interaction. The ICM component is present in most SAP products and is an important component in SAP NetWeaver application servers.

SAP stands for System Applications and Products in data processing, the market leader in ERP software, helping some of the biggest names in the business. The application tier is often the heart of the entire SAP ERP system, looking after interfacing with other apps, transactions, jobs, reporting and database access.