As SAP systems continue to be a prime target for cyberattacks due to their critical role in enterprise operations, organizations must elevate their security strategies beyond traditional defenses. SAP Enterprise Threat Detection (ETD) is a powerful solution designed to identify threats within SAP environments in real time. However, when combined with Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs), ETD’s capabilities are significantly enhanced, enabling proactive threat hunting, faster detection, and more effective response.
A Threat Intelligence Platform is a centralized system that aggregates, correlates, and analyzes threat data from multiple sources, including open-source feeds, commercial intelligence providers, industry sharing groups, and internal telemetry. TIPs help security teams contextualize and prioritize threats based on relevance and severity, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence.
Integrating ETD with TIPs creates a synergistic relationship that benefits SAP security by:
IOC Enrichment: When ETD detects an anomalous SAP event—such as unauthorized use of privileged transactions or suspicious data exports—it sends relevant data (e.g., IP addresses, user IDs, transaction codes) to the TIP for IOC correlation.
Threat Scoring: The TIP evaluates the severity and relevance of matched IOCs based on the latest intelligence and feeds a risk score back to ETD.
Alert Prioritization: ETD uses this intelligence to escalate high-risk alerts, allowing security analysts to prioritize investigations effectively.
Automated Playbooks: Integration with TIPs often enables Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) capabilities, allowing ETD-triggered alerts to initiate automated containment actions like disabling compromised SAP accounts or blocking malicious IPs.
Integrating SAP Enterprise Threat Detection with Threat Intelligence Platforms elevates SAP security from reactive monitoring to a proactive defense posture. By enriching ETD alerts with actionable intelligence, organizations gain deeper insight into adversary behaviors, prioritize their response efforts, and reduce the risk of impactful breaches within their SAP landscapes. As cyber threats targeting SAP continue to evolve, this integration becomes essential for maintaining robust, resilient security.