{"id":210285,"date":"2026-02-05T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/why-boards-should-be-obsessed-with-their-most-boring-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:50:13","slug":"why-boards-should-be-obsessed-with-their-most-boring-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/why-boards-should-be-obsessed-with-their-most-boring-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Why boards should be obsessed with their most &#8216;boring&#8217; systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/boardroom-erp-cybersecurity-sap-ransomware-resilience-op-ed\/\">Why boards should be obsessed with their most &#8216;boring&#8217; systems<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/boardroom-erp-cybersecurity-sap-ransomware-resilience-op-ed\/\">https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/boardroom-erp-cybersecurity-sap-ransomware-resilience-op-ed\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 06:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cyberscoop.com\">cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks, boards of directors are now requiring their organizations to take greater responsibility for the risks posed by enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems pose after a series of high-profile cyberattacks. The Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), incident in Sept. 2025 illustrates the severe consequences of such attacks. The cyberattack forced JLR to halt production for six weeks, making it the costliest cyberattack in Britain\u2019s history. The company\u2019s revenue declined 24 percent that quarter, accounting for potentially over a\u00a0 $1.2 billion drop in earnings, and subsequently reported a 43.3% wholesale sales volume drop the following quarter.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, organizations have treated ERP systems like SAP as back-office workhorses. However, the JLR incident\u2014carried out by executed by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters \u2014has thrust ERP systems into the spotlight. That shift in attention is critical: today, 90% of the Fortune 500 use SAP, making these systems \u201ccrown jewel\u201d assets that require the highest level of protection.<\/p>\n<p>The threat is escalating. A recent Google Cloud Security report forecasts that ransomware operations specifically designed to target critical enterprise applications such as ERP systems will emerge in 2026, forcing organizations to make quick ransom payments and sacrifice business resilience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our roles as board members, advisers, and cybersecurity CEOs, we\u2019re witnessing a fundamental shift in how organizations approach ERP security: the conversation has moved from compliance to survival. Organizations are grappling with critical question: Who owns the risk? What is our recovery time? Can we patch critical ERP vulnerabilities within 72 hours? Do we have visibility inside the application?<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-erp-risks-are-an-existential-threat\"> ERP risks are an existential threat<\/h4>\n<p>To understand the severity of ERP security risks, the C-suite must first recognize how critical these sytems are. 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