“The US Department of Homeland Security has issued multiple warnings against cyberattacks targeting ERP systems.”

(from the McKinsey article “Seven steps to help protect your ERP system against cyberattacks” published March 24, 2022).

McKinsey have published a timely article on the importance of hardening ERP systems against cyber-attack.  The article points out that ERP systems are increasingly becoming a target for cyber-attack as they contain sensitive data and support critical business processes.  McKinsey recommends seven practical steps to increase cyber resilience:

1. Identify your most important information

2. Create a road map to identify all interfaces with the system

3. Install middleware to monitor data flows

4. Reduce vulnerabilities and data flows where possible

5. Stop backing up ‘hacked’ systems

6. Make ERP teams an integral part of cyberattack-response exercises

7. Be more systematic in hardening ERP systems *

(*Credit: “Seven steps to help protect your ERP system against cyberattacks” By Katya Defossez and Wolf Richter)