ERP Zero‑Day Shield & Virtual Patch Orchestrator
10/10
Demand Score
Active exploits emerge before vendor patches are applicable in regulated, change‑controlled ERP environments.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$5k-25k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A runtime protection layer purpose‑built for SAP, Oracle E‑Business Suite, Dynamics, and NetSuite that auto‑generates virtual patches for newly disclosed CVEs and custom‑code flaws. It scans ERP trans
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Competitor Landscape
- Onapsis
- Pathlock
- Imperva RASP
- Cloudflare WAF
- SAP Solution Manager (readiness only)
Must-Have Features for MVP
ERP‑aware reverse proxy with ABAP/ICM/PLSQL route understanding
Automatic virtual patch generation from CVE/advisory to WAF/RASP rules
Custom code (ABAP/PLSQL/Forms) transport scanner and ERP SBOM
Exploit canaries for sensitive t‑codes/forms and anomaly blocking
Rollback‑safe policy deployment with staged/monitor modes
SIEM/SOAR integrations and audit trails for compliance
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Deep protocol awareness for SAP/Oracle modules
- Change‑management approvals for inline proxy
- False positive containment
- On‑prem and hybrid network topologies
- Vendor EULA constraints on instrumentation
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Block rate of known exploit signatures >95% with <1% false positives
- Time from advisory to mitigation <4 hours
- No‑downtime rollout with staged policies
- Coverage of top ERP modules (FI/CO/MM/SD; EBS Financials/SCM) within 90 days
- Demonstrated reduction in emergency change tickets by >50%
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