Zero‑Trust Guard for ERP (Transaction Shield)
10/10
Demand Score
ERPs are a prime target for ransomware and financial fraud; misconfigurations and delayed patching create exploitable windows.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$8k-50k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
20 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Reliance on third-party apps:
Competitor Landscape
- Onapsis
- Pathlock
- SAP GRC
- SailPoint
- Imperva
- Tenable
- Qualys
Must-Have Features for MVP
Reverse proxy with ERP‑specific virtual patch library
Just‑in‑time privilege elevation with session recording
Segregation‑of‑Duties simulator and enforcer
Transaction behavior analytics and anomaly scoring
Code/transport diffing and alerting
Immutable audit trails and evidence packs
Prebuilt IR playbooks and SOAR integrations
Emergency break‑glass vault with auto‑expire
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Maintaining low latency under high load
- Coverage parity across SAP/Oracle/Dynamics stacks
- Tuning to minimize false positives
- Change-management for JIT and SoD policies
- Legal review for deception/honeypot techniques
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Out‑of‑box protections block real attacks day one
- <30ms added latency
- Easy IdP/SIEM/SOAR integration
- Auditable SoD and JIT controls that pass audits
- Demonstrable reduction in high‑risk events
Ready to Build This?
This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.