Official announcement: First SAP cyber security project in Africa goes live at Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation, 26 January 2016

Issued by DeltaGRiC Consulting
Johannesburg, 27 Jan 2016

Official announcement: First SAP cyber security project in Africa goes live at Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation, 26 January 2016.

DeltaGRiC Consulting, the only consultancy within the SAP Africa Ecosystem focused on helping African businesses running on SAP have a secured SAP landscape, recently completed the first ever referenceable SAP cyber security project on the continent of Africa, at the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC).

The aim of the project, as are the objectives of DeltaGRiC, was to critically examine the SAP landscape of the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation from a vulnerability assessment point of view; look into the existing configuration, privileges and rights of users within the landscape; as well as the custom programs (Z-programs) in order to identify where loopholes that could potentially permit insider and external attacks on the SAP landscape.

On go-live completion, RSSC now has a deeper understanding of its SAP landscape from a cyber security perspective, and there is a better understanding of the necessary lookout points regarding the integrity of the SAP landscape, which in effect could affect the overall IT infrastructure.

"We recognise that keeping a secure cyber security posture on our SAP application landscape goes a long way to helping us build an organisation that is healthy and works for the benefit of all stakeholders; partners, shareholders and employees alike," says the Infrastructure Manager at RSSC during the go-live of the project.

This will be the first time in Africa that a SAP-centric cyber security project is delivered. It was delivered on budget and on time by duo team members of DeltaGRiC Consulting and ERPScan (a global leading firm in SAP pen testing, SAP vulnerability assessments and detecting of zero-day vulnerabilities). The combination of the team gave a dynamic approach to the execution of the project using the industry's most respected and multi-award-winning tool - ERPScan Monitoring Security - and a project management methodology that gave room for flexible yet firm delivery.

"Generally, cyber threats on IT landscapes have become a boardroom topic and something to be discussed from a strategic approach. At RSSC, we make it a point of duty to take all the necessary security measures that needed to be taken on our SAP landscape as per SAP recommendations; hence, the implementation of this cyber security project came through at the right time to show us what we could do better and how to maintain a more formidable SAP landscape," says the CIO at RSSC.

RSSC continues to lead in the deployment of innovations in Africa and becomes the first referenceable corporation in Africa to initiate a SAP-centric cyber security program. With the help of DeltaGRiC Consulting and ERPScan - leading global SAP cyber security experts, the implementation will enable RSSC to take real-time actions to continuously monitor the integrity of their SAP landscape from a security perspective in the most intelligent manner.

DeltaGRiC Consulting

DeltaGRiC Consulting is the only SAP Africa Ecosystem consultancy focused solely on helping SAP-run and Oracle-PeopleSoft-run organisations mitigate cyber security risks and compliance violations using the industry's multi-award-winning and most credible solution - ERPScan Monitoring Suite. DeltaGRiC's niche proposition is SAP/Oracle vulnerability assessment, penetration testing and SAP forensics, as well as threat pattern formulation and detection

ERPScan

ERPScan is the most respected and credible business application security provider, founded in 2010 and highly rated by CRN and Gartner for innovation in cyber security. Its primary mission is to close the gap between technical and business security and provide solutions to evaluate and secure ERP systems and business-critical applications from both cyber attacks as well as internal fraud. It is located in the Netherlands and US to operate local offices and partner networks spanning over 20 countries across the globe (this enables monitoring cyber threats in real-time, while providing an agile customer support).

Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation

The Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC) is one of the largest companies in Swaziland. It is listed on the Swaziland Stock Exchange and employs over 3 500 people, with a production capacity of two-thirds of the country's sugar as well as a significant quantity of ethanol. RSSC manages 15 607 hectares of irrigated sugar cane on two estates leased from the Swazi nation, and manages a further 5 018 hectares on behalf of third parties, which collectively deliver approximately 2.3 million tonnes of cane per season to the group's two sugar mills.

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