Zero‑Trust Integration Broker for SAP (ZTIB)
9/10
Demand Score
Critical projects are stalled by security reviews and data residency concerns; business cannot wait months for approvals.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$8k-30k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Expert
The Problem
A security-first integration control plane that removes InfoSec as a blocker. An outbound-only, reverse-initiated connector runs inside the SAP network, brokers OData/IDoc/RFC with hardware-backed mTL
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- SAP BTP Integration Suite
- MuleSoft Anypoint
- Boomi
- Apigee
- Kong Gateway
- Zscaler Private Access
- Twingate
Must-Have Features for MVP
Outbound-only connector with mutual TLS and hardware-backed keys
Policy-as-code engine (OPA) with field-level allow/deny and masking
Schema-aware DLP/tokenization vault for IDoc/OData payloads
Short-lived credential issuance and JIT access
Pre-approved secure adapters with attestations and controls evidence
Automated DPIA/data-flow diagrams and audit packs
Full traceability (correlation IDs) and tamper-evident logs
SoD impact analyzer that flags role/authorization side effects
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Achieving buy-in from InfoSec and audit stakeholders
- Mapping SoD/least-privilege to custom Z-objects
- Latency impacts from in-line DLP/tokenization
- Key management and HSM integrations
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Security sign-off cycle time reduced by ≥60%
- Zero critical data exfiltration incidents
- ≥80% of integrations use pre-approved adapters
- Mean time to integrate a new endpoint under 2 weeks
- Positive audit outcomes with no major findings
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