Protect Your Peoplesoft System From Security Threats

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ERP systems, being a treasure trove of data, figure prominently in these data privacy discussions. Across the globe, legacy ERP systems such as SAP and PeopleSoft software are being used by organizations in managing the entire range of their daily operations, across business verticals. At the same time, there have been heightened instances of data breach in recent times.

In this context, this article will give a broad outline concerning the best practices that organizations can adopt to help harden and protect PeopleSoft software from data breaches. Some of the latest security features from PeopleTools will help users secure PeopleSoft from threats to their system and data, both internal and external.
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Preparing for a Crisis

When it comes to PeopleSoft security, it's crucial to have the best security practices in place from the outset. It's too late to formulate a strategy when the network is under attack. Hardening and protecting PeopleSoft applications can prevent cyberattacks. It is pointless to put in place costly defensive mechanisms when there are ways to get around them ...
... easily.

Security Threats: Areas of Concern

The critical areas of concern about threats are email servers, other servers in the same domain, PeopleSoft Stack, PeopleSoft Database, Tuxedo AppServer, WebLogic/Proxies, and IDE/LCM.

Phishing is a big concern within email. Phishing messages often use enticing clickbait to attract users to click on malicious links. Phishing attackers now use Ransomware, crypto-mining malware, sextortion email, Company Email Hack, Bogus Spam, and massive assault on Shibboleth IDP. Tracking, Site Advisor, URL Request Filtering, and IP Credibility are several mitigations that could be used to stop phishing attacks. Security experts say that DDoS and IoT BotNet attacks are likely to become more widespread too. EHRs and other IT systems used in hospitals could face drastic new risks.

Security Threats: The Sources

Of the security attacks, only 40 percent is executed by the outsiders. Insiders conduct the other 60 percent. Abuse by insiders can be either intentional or inadvertent. 44.5 percent of insider misconduct is intentional, according to estimates, and the other 15.5 percent is inadvertent. Some examples of inadvertent neglect would be forgetting your laptop, forgetting your USB drive in an unsecured place with essential data. Factors that lead to insider abuse include moral hazard, moral luck, deviance normalization, Broken Pane Syndrome, willful ignorance, hubris, and disengagement/disenchantment.

PeopleSoft Resources

The Hardening Security Red Paper, a PeopleSoft and Oracle document, provides information on protecting the network infrastructure and ensuring peoplesoft security. This security red paper (Doc ID 747524.1) includes a list of protected configurations and additional network defense strategies such as intrusion detection systems, firewalls for web applications, intrusion prevention systems, and Oracle Adaptive Access Manager. Moreover, the paper included details on PeopleSoft Internet Architecture security, hardening protection for PeopleTools, and securing custom PeopleSoft applications.
Several security improvements were also made in PeopleTools 8.55. Some of the security enhancements include:

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