Cybersecurity

THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE

UKISUG working in conjunction with SAP have created this event for our Cybersecurity community.

Cybersecurity within most companies has rapidly evolved from being an IT/Security topic to firmly landing on the desks of the rest of the board. The risks are so great that every executive, and every employee needs to be aware of the challenges and their responsibilities. *New figures from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau show a 7 times spike in reported instances of cyber-crime in UK during the first 6 months of 2021 (£1.3Billion) compared to 2020. This is already a shocking statistic but it’s only the tip of the iceberg; the scale of cybercrime is impossible to accurately estimate because a lot of companies that are victims of it really don’t want it to become public. The financial damage can be significant but the reputational damage resulting from attacks can be long-reaching and ultimately more costly. In addition, regulations continue to evolve to protect shareholders and to protect the personal data and privacy for individuals. These regulations now have ‘teeth’ as Amazon recently found out when they were fined €¾Billion. The added vulnerabilities created by Covid and the exodus of employees to home offices have only proved catalysts to an already incredible situation.

UKISUG and SAP understand the awesome responsibilities this places on us; from ensuring customers data is protected in their datacentres to minimising code vulnerability in their software; from educating their staff to mould a ‘human firewall’ to ensuring that they have appropriate protective processes in place; from ensuring that they are continuously updating/patching their own tools to ensuring that they are offering customers world-leading solutions to protect their estates. For SAP customers, their ‘crown jewels’ are usually stored within their ERP systems and SAP know that cyberattacks are focusing more and more on ERPs** for exactly that reason.

Join the event to hear;

• How SAP and partners can help mitigate the biggest risks
• Vodafone talk about their implementation of SAP GRC solutions for 100,000+ users
• CISO views on cybersecurity from Tim McKnight (SAP) and Nigel Henderson (Tata Steel)
• Follow a cyberattack and its response in real-time with SAP Enterprise Threat Detection

UK loses £1.3bn to fraud and cyber crime so far this year (computerweekly.com)*

ERP applications are under cyber attack, research confirms (computerweekly.com)**

Our Audit, Control and Security (ACS) SIG is a well-supported group attended by a cross-section of professionals working with SAP and representing the following business areas: IT Security; (including SAP Basis experts) IT & Financial Audit; and Risk Management.

Our UKISUG Audit Control & Security SIG Chairs:

Brian Froom has 21+ years’ experience as an IT Auditor across different sectors. He is currently involved in the security and monitoring of Tata Steel’s SAP installations across UK and Europe.

Rhian Parry has been leading Welsh Waters IT External Audits since 2012 along with the SAP Access and Authorisations Annual user reviews with SAP licence Management now in her remit as Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s SAP Assurance Lead within the SAP Centre of Excellence.