Former SAP's Chief Security Advisor Joins Onapsis Advisory Board

CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwired - February 12, 2014) - Onapsis Inc., the leading provider of ERP cyber security solutions, today announces the addition of Yuecel Karabulut to the company's advisory board. Mr. Karabulut brings extensive SAP®, security and product management experience to the leadership team at Onapsis and will be participating as an advisor to further expand Onapsis' innovative solutions.

 "It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to serve Onapsis as a Senior Strategic Advisor. Onapsis' mission and security solutions have been playing a central role in making enterprise applications more secure for many years by providing unique, proven products to automate ERP application security assessments as well as detecting application-level intrusions. Onapsis' security experts have a proven track record in helping solve critical vulnerabilities and supporting application software vendors and enterprise customers protect their brand and data. It is great to see that several of today's leading businesses rely on Onapsis' solutions and their ERP security leadership to run more secure. I accepted to serve in this role because I share Onapsis's mission, values and innovative ideas," commented Mr. Karabulut.

Mr. Karabulut will work closely with the Onapsis' senior leadership team. "We are honored to have Yuecel as a trusted advisor. As a respected authority in the industry, Yuecel brings a unique combination of expertise in both the SAP and Information security fields. I am strongly confident he will help Onapsis continue to be a leader in the ERP security space," commented Mariano Nunez, Onapsis CEO.

"Today, enterprise applications from leading vendors such as SAP are the backbone of the mission critical business operations. In order to run the world more secure, we have to run these business applications more secure, given their role in world's business transactions in all key industries. I strongly believe Onapsis has the right team, technology and partners to consolidate itself as the leading ERP security company," stated Mr. Karabulut.

Yuecel Karabulut is currently leading Product Management efforts for Cloud and Virtualization Platform Security at VMware. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Security at Macquarie University. Prior to joining VMware, Yuecel worked as Senior Director of Global Security Alliances and Go-to-Market at SAP and was SAP's Chief Security Advisor & Technology Strategist in the Office of the CTO. Yuecel has an MBA from Duke University and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Dortmund.

About Onapsis
Onapsis Inc. is the leading provider of ERP cyber-security solutions. Our solutions empower information security and audit professionals to understand and efficiently mitigate the cyber security risks affecting their SAP and Oracle business platforms, preventing espionage, sabotage and financial fraud attacks while streamlining compliance with internal and regulatory requirements.

As the industry standard, trusted by the leading audit firms and deployed by Global 1000 and military organizations, Onapsis X1 is the most widely-used solution to detect cyber security risks and compliance violations affecting SAP business platforms. Unmatched by generic security monitoring products, Onapsis X1's unique SAP-certified capabilities integrate seamlessly into existing GRC and Risk Management practices, providing unprecedented visibility to protect critical business processes.

At the heart of the company, the Onapsis Research Labs consists of the thought-leaders that continue to redefine the ERP security industry. Being the first experts to uncover and report on critical ERP cyber security vulnerabilities, the team is continuously invited to lecture on current and future threats to SAP and Oracle business platforms at the world-leading security conferences. This laser-focused, innovative research is continuously incorporated into Onapsis products, enabling customers to rely on the most comprehensive and widely-adopted ERP cyber security solutions in the industry.

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