Case Study: Global Advertising Company
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Virginia Peterson is a strategic leader in the cybersecurity space, specializing in the intersection of business-critical application security and digital transformation. At Onapsis, she focuses on translating complex SAP threat intelligence into actionable insights for enterprise leaders. By bridging the gap between technical security operations and business stakeholders, Virginia helps organizations understand the urgency of protecting their core ERP landscapes from evolving cyber threats.
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This global advertising company wanted to stand out in the crowd by making the leap to shared service centers on a global instance of SAP HANA, but that is no small feat. Their SAP implementation processes $6 billion dollars a year, has 30,000+ users across 20 countries and is used for almost every function including finance, operations, reporting and analytics. Making the leap to a digital transformation can be risky and lead to vulnerabilities within your SAP environment, but with the help of Onapsis, this organization was able to migrate and upgrade applications in a phased approach, ensuring each phase was secure and stable before moving on to the next.
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About the Author
Virginia Peterson is a strategic leader in the cybersecurity space, specializing in the intersection of business-critical application security and digital transformation. At Onapsis, she focuses on translating complex SAP threat intelligence into actionable insights for enterprise leaders. By bridging the gap between technical security operations and business stakeholders, Virginia helps organizations understand the urgency of protecting their core ERP landscapes from evolving cyber threats.
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