Gatekeeper: Zero-Trust Firewall for CRM Integrations
10/10
Demand Score
Recent or looming security incidents via integrations put customer data and compliance at risk; audits and renewals are blocked until controls are in place.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-10k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Expert
The Problem
An inline policy and mediation layer that sits between your CRM and every external integration. Gatekeeper brokers OAuth with least-privilege scopes, tokenizes sensitive fields, enforces DLP patterns,
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 5 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- AppOmni
- Obsidian Security
- DoControl
- Nightfall DLP
- Netskope (SSE/inline DLP)
Must-Have Features for MVP
OAuth broker with least-privilege templates per app
Field-level tokenization/vaulting and reversible redaction
Inline DLP with regex and ML patterns for PII/PHI/PCI
Anomaly detection, rate limiting, and auto-revocation
Webhook sandbox/relay with payload policy enforcement
Continuous app risk scoring and compliance reports
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Complex OAuth scope mapping across many apps
- Maintaining low latency while inspecting payloads
- Executive alignment between Sales Ops and Security
- Vendor API changes affecting mediation
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Deploy without breaking existing integrations (transparent mode)
- <100ms added latency on common flows
- Measurable reduction in sensitive field exposure to third parties
- Pass security audits with clear evidence of controls and logs
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This expert-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.