Dynamics 365 Business Central: E-Documents - Exchange EDI documents

🚨 The Signal: Dynamics 365 Business Central now supports Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for exchanging business documents like orders and invoices. This centralises electronic document management, potentially increasing data flow and integration points with external entities.

The Impact

Organisations using Dynamics 365 Business Central are affected, facing increased data exposure risks through new external integration points.

  • Security Teams: Risk of data exfiltration and integrity compromise through new EDI integrations.
  • Compliance Teams: New requirements for auditing and logging electronic document exchanges.
  • Procurement Teams: Increased reliance on secure configuration of EDI for sensitive transaction data.
  • IT Administrators: Need to securely configure and monitor EDI connections to external partners.

The Action

  1. Review and update data classification and handling policies for EDI documents.
  2. Implement robust logging and monitoring for all EDI transactions within Dynamics 365 Business Central.
  3. Conduct a supply chain risk assessment for all partners integrated via EDI.
  4. Configure strict access controls and authentication for EDI endpoints and associated user accounts.
  5. Regularly audit EDI configurations and transaction logs for anomalies or unauthorised access.

Domain: Other · Impact: high · Workload: Other