Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) systems in Scottish Government: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for:

How many ERP applications is your department currently running?

How many Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) systems is your department currently running?

• Was your office made aware of the recent business-critical PAYDAY vulnerability that affected Oracle EBS systems?

How many Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) systems are you running?

• Was your office made aware of the recent 10KBlaze vulnerability affecting SAP systems?

Response

I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested below.

The core Scottish Government makes use of the following ERP systems:

• Finance – Oracle Financials;
• HR – Oracle HR and Payroll;
• BI Tool – Oracle Discoverer, Hubble and Apex are in use.

The core Scottish Government uses two Oracle E-Business Suite applications:-

• Financial – Oracle EBS 12.1.3
• HR/Payroll – Oracle EBS 12.1.3

As we have a valid support contract Oracle provide regular security alerts and Critical Patch Updates (quarterly) to the Scottish Government.

The core Scottish Government does not use any SAP systems.

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