Security Engineering

SAP Security

Protect your most business-critical systems and the data they hold.

S/4HANASAP ECCSAP GRCABAP SecuritySAP BTPOnapsis Partner
Why it matters

The business case for SAP security

SAP runs the financial backbone of most large organisations — payroll, procurement, treasury, HR and customer data. It is also among the least monitored and most poorly secured systems in the enterprise.

  • DORA & NIS2 require demonstrable controls over ICT systems — SAP is core ICT
  • GDPR mandates protection of personal data in SAP HR, CRM and customer modules
  • SAP is routinely excluded from penetration testing and SOC monitoring
77%

of the world's transactional revenue runs through SAP

SAP SE
72 hrs

average time for attackers to exploit newly disclosed SAP vulnerabilities

CISA / Onapsis Research
$25M+

average business impact of a successful SAP cyberattack

Onapsis Research Labs
What we do

How we help

From Basis hardening and access control through to continuous vulnerability monitoring powered by Onapsis and SOC integration for real-time SAP threat detection.

01

SAP Security Assessment & Hardening

Basis configuration, network exposure, system parameters, patch status and RFC gateway review — with a prioritised hardening guide.

02

Access Control & Segregation of Duties

Role design, SoD conflict remediation, SAP GRC Access Control and critical transaction monitoring.

03

Continuous SAP Vulnerability Management

Onapsis-powered scanning of S/4HANA, ECC, BW, PI/PO and BTP — CVEs, misconfigurations and missing patches.

04

SAP Code Security & Penetration Testing

ABAP custom code review (SAST) and RFC/BAPI/web service interface security testing.

Our approach

Our methodology · assess, control, monitor, comply

Weeks 1–3

Assess

Landscape discovery, Basis review and Onapsis baseline scan.

  • SAP landscape inventory
  • Basis configuration review
  • SoD conflict identification
  • CVE & missing patch inventory
Weeks 4–7

Control

Hardening, role and SoD remediation, code review.

  • Basis hardening
  • Authorisation cleanup
  • RFC & interface security
  • ABAP SAST review
Weeks 8–10

Monitor

Onapsis monitoring, SIEM integration and IR playbooks.

  • Continuous monitoring
  • SIEM integration
  • SAP threat detection use cases
  • SAP-specific IR playbooks
Ongoing

Comply

SoD monitoring, compliance reporting and quarterly reviews.

  • Continuous SoD monitoring
  • DORA / NIS2 / GDPR reporting
  • Access certification
  • Quarterly SAP reviews
Deliverables: SAP security assessment · SoD remediation plan · Onapsis findings · SIEM use cases
Pain points we address

Sound familiar?

01

Your most sensitive data, poorly protected

Finance, HR and payroll all live in SAP — yet most organisations have never assessed it.

02

SoD violations create fraud risk

Users who can create vendors and approve payments are endemic — and auditors want them fixed.

03

Patches applied months late

Patches often land 6–18 months late, while attackers exploit within 72 hours.

04

SAP is invisible to your SOC

Privilege escalation and mass data export in SAP generate no alerts in most SOCs.

05

DORA, NIS2 & GDPR all touch SAP

Regulators expect ERP systems inside your ICT risk management.

Why SquareVertex.AI

What you get with us

Official Onapsis partner

The industry-leading SAP security platform — plus the expertise to act on its findings.

SAP + security engineering

Deep SAP GRC and Basis expertise combined with AppSec, SOC, IAM and cloud security.

SOC integration for SAP threats

Onapsis connected to Google SecOps, Microsoft Sentinel or Wazuh for real SAP alerts.

Regulatory expertise

We map DORA, NIS2 Art. 21 and GDPR obligations to SAP and produce the evidence.

SoD & SAP GRC implementation

Clean role structures, automated access certification and a complete audit trail.

Free first step

Start with a free SAP Security Health Check

We'll run an Onapsis vulnerability scan on your SAP landscape, identify your top SoD violations and missing patches, and produce a prioritised findings report — at no cost.

The SAP Security suite

  1. SAP Security Assessment
  2. SAP Access Control & SoD Remediation
  3. Onapsis Continuous Monitoring
  4. SAP GRC Implementation
  5. SAP Penetration Testing
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