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SAP Penetration Testing

Validate the security of your SAP systems with expert penetration testing across on-premises and SAP cloud environments. Identifies exploitable vulnerabilities and critical security risks before attackers can exploit them, ensuring your business-critical ERP systems remain secure.

 

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Benefits of SAP Penetration Testing

 

The penetration testing team at CyberCX has unrivalled breadth and depth of experience. Our testers are certified and highly experienced, ensuring our approach aligns with industry-best practice, avoids system disruption and protects the integrity of your data.

SAP-specific vulnerability identification

Identifies weaknesses unique to SAP systems, including S/4HANA, ECC, and cloud deployments, that generic penetration tests may miss, helping to protect crown jewels and other critical assets.

Risk-focused assessments

Focuses on your most critical business processes and SAP landscape to validate whether security controls effectively prevent compromise of financial data, employee information, and other sensitive and business-critical data.

Actionable remediation guidance

Provides clear, contextualised reporting with prioritised SAP-specific mitigation recommendations rather than generic vulnerability listings, enabling your team to address risks quickly while minimising business disruption.

Alignment with SAP security testing requirements

Supports careful planning and precise execution of security testing activities in line with SAP SE’s Rules of Engagement for penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and vulnerability management.

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Supporting regulatory compliance

Bolsters compliance with regulatory requirements such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and APRA CPS 234 by providing evidence of SAP security validation, reducing audit risk, and demonstrating due diligence to stakeholders.

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Why is SAP security important?

SAP systems are among the highest‑value targets in any organisation. They typically hold financial data, HR records, supply chain and asset information, customer details, and intellectual property, all tightly woven into the processes that keep the business and critical services running. Yet many SAP environments remain undertested due to their perceived complexity, lack of expertise, or reliance on vendor security responsibilities.

As organisations continue to adopt cloud services such as SAP BTP and RISE with SAP, expose APIs, and integrate more third‑party platforms, the SAP attack surface continues to expand significantly. Misconfigurations, overly permissive roles, insecure interfaces, and insufficient segregation of duties can provide attackers with multiple paths to critical data.

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Why should my organisation consider SAP Penetration Testing?

This service ensures your SAP landscape is resilient against evolving risks, and provides clear evidence that your security controls are effectively protecting against malicious activity that could expose sensitive information, increase the risk of fraud, or disrupt operations.

This critical insight is essential for organisations using SAP for core business functions, particularly in heavily regulated industries such as government, healthcare, financial, logistics, and manufacturing.

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How SAP Penetration Testing works?

 

Unlike generic security scanning and penetration testing methodologies, SAP Penetration Testing is a specialised security assessment simulating real-world attacks against your unique SAP architecture to uncover weaknesses that could compromise your most valuable business assets and data.

We identify exploitable vulnerabilities in SAP applications, custom code, integrations, and platform configurations through manual testing combined with various proprietary, open-source, and commercial tools. This validates whether security controls can withstand targeted threats against your ERP environment and is applicable across on‑premise, cloud, RISE with SAP, and hybrid landscapes.

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Why partner with CyberCX for Objective Based Penetration Testing?

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Expert people

Our team comprises highly certified penetration testers and security consultants with deep experience in real-world attack simulation. They understand business-critical risks and tailor every engagement to your objectives – not just generic vulnerability scans.

Proven experience

CyberCX combines unmatched Penetration Testing capabilities with a strong local presence in Australia to deliver outstanding results. With thousands of penetration tests delivered, we know how to prioritise what matters most for your business and compliance requirements.

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Actionable reporting

Our reports go beyond listing vulnerabilities. We provide clear, objective-driven insights, risk prioritisation, and remediation guidance – so you can measure security effectiveness and make informed decisions quickly.

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Strategic partnership

We don’t just test; we help you mature your security posture over time. Our SAP Penetration Testing service feeds into broader cyber resilience strategies, ensuring continuous improvement against evolving threats.

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