How can you monitor User Activities in SAP Systems using IBM QRadar?

Monitoring user activities in SAP systems is crucial for ensuring security, compliance, and performance. There are several methods and tools within SAP to help monitor user activities:

1. SAP Audit Information System (AIS):

- The AIS provides a comprehensive framework for auditing user activities. It includes various tools and reports that help in tracking changes and access.

2. SAP Security Audit Log:

- The Security Audit Log records security-related information such as unsuccessful logon attempts, changes to user authorizations, and transactions executed by users. You can configure the log to capture specific events based on your requirements.

3. Transaction STAD:

- STAD (Statistics Display) provides a detailed view of the transactions and reports executed by users. It includes information about the transaction start and end times, response times, and the number of database accesses.

4. Transaction SM20:

- SM20 (Audit Log) allows you to view the security audit logs. You can filter the logs based on various criteria like user, date, and time to analyze specific events.

5. Transaction ST03N:

- ST03N (Workload and Performance Statistics) provides detailed statistics on system performance and user activities. It includes information about the most frequently used transactions and programs.

6. Transaction SM19:

- SM19 is used to configure the Security Audit Log. You can specify which events to log, such as user logons, transaction executions, and changes to user authorizations.

7. SAP Solution Manager:

- SAP Solution Manager offers comprehensive monitoring and reporting capabilities, including user activity monitoring. It can integrate with other SAP systems to provide a holistic view of user activities and system performance.

8. Custom ABAP Programs:

- You can develop custom ABAP programs to capture and analyze user activities based on specific requirements. These programs can use standard SAP tables like USR02 (User Master Record) and TST03 (User and Transaction Statistics).

9. SAP GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance):

- SAP GRC Access Control provides advanced features for monitoring and managing user access and activities. It includes tools for risk analysis, access request management, and audit reporting.

10. User Activity Reports:

- Standard and custom reports can be generated to monitor user activities. Reports can be scheduled to run periodically and sent to administrators for review.

To read all this information from SAP Systems and correlating them is a big challenge. It is important to integrate all this information into SIEM Systems. SAGESSE TECH has integrated these logs into IBM QRadar and created dashboards for monitoring User Activities in SAP Systems.

SAGESSE TECH, global SAP Security / Oracle Security / ERP Security Tech Company, is providing SAP Threat Detection and Monitoring Products, SAP PenTest Framework and an SAP Audit Service which control these kinds of configurations, vulnerabilities and much more in your SAP Systems. Their products and services can help you to integrate your SAP System into your central threat detection solutions and foster your NIS2 Compliance.

Additionally, you can contact SAGESSE TECH(E-mail : [email protected] or [email protected] ), if you would like to have a Vulnerability Scanning, SAP Audit or SAP PenTest on your SAP Systems.