5 SaaS Misconfigurations That Could Cost You Big Time.

What we’ll cover today:

🔒 Avoid These SaaS Security Risks
📅 When to Allow Monthly vs. Annual SaaS Contracts?
🚩 3 Basic Mistakes In Your SaaS Positioning.
🔗 The Event Roundup.

Avoid These SaaS Security Risks.

Think your SaaS setup is safe?

Even small misconfigurations can leave data exposed.

Here are five common mistakes and quick fixes to avoid major security risks.

1. Overpowered Help Desk Access

• Risk: Help desk admins with excessive privileges.

• Threat: Hackers exploit help desk access to enter critical systems.

• Fix: Limit privileges to basic user management only.

2. Super Admins Without MFA

• Risk: Super admin accounts without Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

• Threat: Easy target for attackers due to lack of an extra security layer.

• Fix: Enforce MFA on all super admin accounts.

3. Legacy Authentication

• Risk: Outdated protocols like POP, IMAP, and SMTP that don’t support MFA.

• Threat: Easier entry points for attackers using brute-force methods.

• Fix: Block legacy protocols and enforce modern authentication.

4. Too Many Super Admins

• Risk: Overcrowded super admin list.

• Threat: Increased risk of unauthorised changes and chaos.

• Fix: Limit super admins to 2-4 for tighter control.

5. Google Groups Exposure

• Risk: Misconfigured Google Group settings.

• Threat: Sensitive data exposed within and outside the organisation.

• Fix: Restrict access to authorised users only.

Bottom Line

SaaS misconfigurations can lead to serious breaches.

Here's More From The Article

1. When to Allow Monthly vs. Annual SaaS Contracts?

This is an article from SaaStr by Jason Lemkins, a renowned name in the SaaS industry.

This article is about “When Should a SaaS Company Allow Month-to-Month Contracts vs. Requiring Annual?”

Read the whole article to get a better idea.

Here’s The Article.

2. 3 Basic Mistakes In Your SaaS Positioning.

This is a 3-minute video from Jean Michel to SaaS founders.

Jean is a CMO who has been in tech for 20+ years. He helps SaaS founders and entrepreneurs unlock product growth.

“SaaS Founders: Fix The 3 Basic Mistakes In Your SaaS Positioning That Kill MRR. Give me the next 3 minutes and I will show you how to identify and correct the three fundamental positioning errors that are strangling your SaaS growth, using simple 24-hour tests.” Jean wrote.

Here’s The Whole Tweet

1. Sustainable catering tech SaaS, Kanpla, raises €8M to expand into Europe and US.

In a bold move to reshape the global catering sector, Danish SaaS company Kanpla has raised €8M in Series A funding, led by Dutch VC firm HenQ. With this new capital, Kanpla plans to expand its digital platform across Europe and make its debut in the U.S. market.

2. CFO of SaaS solutions company Lucanet acquired Causal to expand its FP&A market.

Lucanet, a global leader in CFO SaaS solutions based in Berlin, has announced the acquisition of Causal, a London-based financial planning and analysis (FP&A) innovator. 

This acquisition adds Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) to Lucanet’s CFO SaaS solutions Platform, supporting CFO offices with advanced budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning.

3. So long, SaaS: Klarna is right, DIY is the future for AI-enabled businesses.

Klarna’s bold decision to abandon SaaS giants like Salesforce and Workday signals a major shift in tech strategy, embracing DIY, AI-powered solutions over costly, generic platforms. 

With advances in LLMs and GenAI, companies now have the power to build tailored, efficient systems that align perfectly with their unique goals.