SAP Security Run

Someone has to keep SAP secure every month, not only at audit time.

A monthly rhythm for SAP security: patch-day triage, critical access review, monitoring that reaches your security team, and evidence filed as you go. For shops staying on ECC through 2030, and for S/4HANA.

Fixed scope. Ends with a log coverage map and a list of what nobody is checking today.

A month in the run. Drag through the weeks.

example month

Done and recorded 0

    This week 2

    • Critical access review
    • Monitoring and alert review

    Planned 5

    • SAP Patch Day triage
    • Fix list to your Basis team
    • Interface and RFC review
    • Segregation of duties check
    • Evidence pack update
    Week 1: we review who holds critical access. Monitoring review happens every week.

    The problem

    SAP security is a monthly job that most teams do once a year.

    • Patches arrive every month

      SAP publishes security notes on the second Tuesday of every month. Someone has to decide which ones matter to you.

    • SAP sits outside the security team

      In many companies the security operations team sees nothing from SAP at all.

    • Access drifts between audits

      Roles are added for a project and never removed. Nobody looks until the auditor does.

    • Staying on ECC raises the stakes

      An older system that stays in service longer needs more attention, not less.

    An audit checks one day. Attackers get the other 364.

    What we do

    Connect, triage, review, file the evidence.

    1. Step 01 of 4

      Connect the logs

      We map which SAP logs reach your security team today, and close the gaps. Where you have Microsoft Sentinel, we use it.

    2. Step 02 of 4

      Triage every Patch Day

      Each month's SAP security notes, sorted for your systems, in order of urgency.

    3. Step 03 of 4

      Review access monthly

      Critical access, interfaces and segregation of duties, checked on a fixed rhythm.

    4. Step 04 of 4

      File the evidence

      Every check leaves a record, so the next audit is a hand-over, not a project.

    Step 1 of 4

    What you get

    Six documents that show SAP is watched all year.

    Tap a document to see what's inside.

    • Each system and its logs
    • What is monitored today
    • Gaps, in order of risk

    How it fits

    Your team applies the fixes. We run the rhythm.

    This is a monthly review service. It is not round-the-clock monitoring, and it does not replace your Basis team.

    SAP gives you

    Notes and logs

    • Monthly security notes
    • The security audit log
    • Tools to apply patches

    Microsoft gives you

    A place to watch

    • Sentinel's solution for SAP
    • Alerts alongside the rest of your estate
    • Your security team's existing screens

    We run

    The monthly rhythm

    • Patch triage for your systems
    • Access and interface reviews
    • An ordered fix list for Basis
    • Evidence filed as we go

    Who this is for

    You run SAP, and nobody checks it between audits.

    • You are staying on ECC past 2027.
    • Your security team has no view into SAP.
    • Your Basis team is small and already stretched.
    • The same access and patching findings come back every audit.

    How to start

    How to start

    1. 01

      Coverage review

      Fixed scope. Ends with the log coverage map and the gaps.

    2. 02

      Set up the rhythm

      Detections, runbooks and the monthly calendar, agreed with your teams.

    3. 03

      Monthly run

      The reviews, the fix list and the evidence, every month.

    Questions

    What people ask before the first call.

    Is this 24/7 monitoring?

    No. Your security team watches the alerts. We make sure SAP reaches them, and we run the monthly reviews.

    Do you apply patches?

    No. Your Basis team does. We tell them which ones, in what order, and why.

    Do we need Microsoft Sentinel?

    No. Where you have it we use it. Otherwise we work with SAP's own logs and the monitoring tool you already run.

    Does it work on ECC?

    Yes. It is built for systems that are staying in service, and it carries over when you move to S/4HANA.

    When did someone last check who can do what in your SAP?

    If the answer is the last audit, start with the coverage review. You will see what is watched today and what is not.

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