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    Don’t Let Technical Debt and Other Cybersecurity Risks Drag on M&A
    Do your homework. The age-old mandate has newfound relevance for CISOs, given the intense pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and escalating cybersecurity risks. Global business consolidation activity is strong. The number of deals (and the combined value of those transactions) through the first three quarters of 2021 surpassed the number of deals (and the combined value of those…
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    What You Read Most: Top Five SAP Insights From 2021
    As we move ahead into the new year, here are Protiviti’s most popular SAP insights from 2021. Our subject matter experts addressed many pressing issues, and the topics covered promise to remain important throughout 2022. The top five most-read pieces are listed below.  #1. Common Pitfalls of ERP Implementations: A…
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    Becoming a CISO: If I Knew Then What I Know Now
    Throughout my career as both a CISO and a consultant serving CISOs in companies around the globe, I’ve learned that Chief Information Security Officers, regardless of their current title, reporting structure or how they got to the role, share many things in common; one of which being, they love to talk about their experiences. Recently, we gathered three of the most experienced CISOs I know to…
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    Get “Fancy” With Unlimited SAP GRC Reporting
    Integration of SAP SAC and other third-party reporting capabilities Based on our experience gained during many SAP governance, risk and compliance (GRC) implementations over recent years, we know that clients are always looking for more flexibility and visualizations to meet their internal reporting requirements. While SAP GRC provides comprehensive reports, these are table-based with limited…
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    Looking Forward: SBOM to Improve Responsiveness For the Next Log4Shell
    What is Log4Shell? On December 10, 2021, a vulnerability known as Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) was disclosed, related to a popular Java logging library (log4j). Log4Shell gained a lot of attention due to how simple it is to exploit, how pervasive Log4j is, and the potential level of access it can provide. Within a few days of being released, many companies discovered vulnerabilities in their…
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    CISOs and Year Two of the Pandemic – How Did We Adapt and What Still Must Change?
    In December 2021, in my role as president of the ISSA Delaware Valley Chapter, I had the honor of hosting a panel with five Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), representing five different industries, each facing unique challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists included: Robert Younce - CISO of Mannington Mills, one of the world's leading manufacturers of fine…
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    Vulnerability Management: We’ve Been Doing It All Wrong
    Vulnerability management is a discipline that many organizations struggle with due to one simple factor: complexity. Today, organizations manage environments with technology that changes at an ever-increasing speed while relying upon legacy systems to support key business processes. In response to this complexity challenge, cybersecurity professionals continue to create new vulnerability…
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    Making a Good Thing Better: Migrate SAP BusinessObjects Platform to the Cloud
    SAP Business Objects, often referred to within the SAP ecosystem as BOBJ, is one of the most evolved and reliable analytics and reporting engines running today. With over 60,000 BOBJ installations, the solution can be found in companies of all sizes in every industry around the world. Founded in 1990 and acquired by SAP in 2007, Business Objects is still primarily located in on-premise servers…
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    Building Consumer Trust With Data Privacy Programs for SAP-Run Companies
    Take a moment to consider your favorite relationship. What makes it special? Most likely, one of the first qualities that comes to mind is that a strong level of trust has been built. Just like in interpersonal relationships, trust is also a critical component for consumers when deciding how and with which businesses they will interact. This is especially prevalent when it comes to their digital…
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    Are Your IoT Devices Leaving Your Network Exposed?
    For years, we've known that Internet of Things (IoT) devices can come under attack as quickly as within five minutes of being connected to the internet. These events predominantly include large-scale scanning techniques to exploit IoT devices that are vulnerable to basic attacks such as default credentials. Historically, hackers have used these attacks to create a network of devices to perform a…
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