Boston, MA – September 17, 2015 – Onapsis, the global experts in SAP and Oracle enterprise application security, have announced that Dave Crandall has joined as Vice President of Engineering. Crandall most recently served as manager of Google’s Acquisition Security team, guiding the security posture of Google acquisitions. His experience in security management will help Onapsis continue to create the most innovative technology in the market for securing enterprise applications running on SAP and Oracle systems.
Enterprise applications running on SAP and Oracle include enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), human capital management (HCM), business intelligence (BI) and supply chain management (SCM) house an organization’s most valuable data and mission-critical business processes. SAP alone is run by over 250,000 customers worldwide, including 87 percent of Global 2000 companies and 98 percent of the 100 most valued brands. With more than 30 SAP security patches per month being released, Onapsis customers depend on the Onapsis Security Platform to provide visibility into risks and improved security for their critical business data.
"Being a successful enterprise requires focused attention on the security of business-critical applications. These applications running on SAP and Oracle are the lifeblood for companies as they house the “crown jewels”. Onapsis is delivering an unprecedented level of security to these systems. I am excited to contribute my experience to the extremely talented team at Onapsis and improve enterprise application security worldwide,” said Crandall.
“The rise in recent SAP and Oracle cyber-attacks has required rapid development of the Onapsis solution set and major collaboration with SAP and Oracle. In order to ensure our product offerings and patented technologies remain at the forefront of the market, it is critical that we find the best expertise and add them to our team. I have no doubt that Dave’s experience knowledge will propel Onapsis to the next level of achievement,” said Mariano Nunez, CEO and co-Founder of Onapsis.
As Onapsis’ Vice President of Engineering, Crandall is responsible for overseeing the company’s engineering strategy and delivery. He has over 15 years of experience, and has managed service delivery and engineering teams at VeriSign as part of their managed security services offering and operational engineering teams at Lycos.com. Dave has a Bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon and a MSIT from Clark University.
Onapsis provides the most comprehensive solutions for securing SAP and Oracle enterprise applications. As the leading experts in SAP and Oracle cyber-security, Onapsis’ enables security and audit teams to have visibility, confidence and control of advanced threats, cyber-risks and compliance gaps affecting their enterprise applications.
Headquartered in Boston, Onapsis serves over 180 Global 2000 customers, including 10 top retailers, 20 top energy firms and 20 top manufacturers. Onapsis’ solutions are also the de-facto standard for leading consulting and audit firms such as Accenture, IBM, Deloitte, E&Y, KPMG and PwC.
Onapsis solutions include the Onapsis Security Platform, which is the most widely-used SAP-certified cyber-security solution in the market. Unlike generic security products, Onapsis’ context-aware solutions deliver both preventative vulnerability and compliance controls, as well as real-time detection and incident response capabilities to reduce risks affecting critical business processes and data. Through open interfaces, the platform can be integrated with leading SIEM, GRC and network security products, seamlessly incorporating enterprise applications into existing vulnerability, risk and incident response management programs.
These solutions are powered by the Onapsis Research Labs which continuously provide leading intelligence on security threats affecting SAP and Oracle enterprise applications. Experts of the Onapsis Research Labs were the first to lecture on SAP cyber-attacks and have uncovered and helped fix hundreds of security vulnerabilities to-date affecting SAP Business Suite, SAP HANA, SAP Cloud and SAP Mobile applications, as well as Oracle JD Edwards and Oracle E-Business Suite platforms.
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