VulnCurtain for ERP — CVE-to-Control Virtual Patching and Hotfix Orchestration
10/10
Demand Score
Active exploits and audit pressure require mitigation within hours, but ERP patch windows are scarce and risky with customizations.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$4k-25k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Critical Security Vulnerabilities:
Competitor Landscape
- Onapsis
- ERPScan (now part of Onapsis)
- Tenable / Rapid7 (vuln mgmt)
- Imperva/F5 (WAF)
- Contrast/Veracode RASP
- Vendor patch programs (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft)
Must-Have Features for MVP
ERP SBOM ingestion and CVE correlation
CVE-to-policy compiler with ERP route awareness
Sidecar gateway for virtual patching
Exploit canaries and kill-switch rollback
Replica-based hotfix orchestration with smoke tests
Evidence pack generation for auditors
SIEM/SOAR integrations
Least-privilege policy recommendations
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Network placement in regulated/on-prem environments
- False positives causing functional breakage
- Coexistence with existing WAF/SIEM/RASP
- Change-control processes delaying deployment
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Critical vuln mitigation under 24 hours
- Zero P1 outages from false positives
- Successful audit sign-offs with evidence
- Reduced emergency patch windows and overtime
- Coverage for major ERP stacks without code changes
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