ERSHIELD: ERP Runtime Shield & Hotpatch Orchestrator

Healthcare
🔥
10/10
Demand Score
Active ERP-targeting CVEs and audit nonconformities require near-term remediation without downtime or full patch windows.
🌊
6/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$4k-25k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
120 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard

The Problem

Agentless security plane purpose-built for SAP, Oracle EBS, and Dynamics application tiers that generates ERP-specific virtual patches within hours of disclosure, enforces least-privilege at runtime,

🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints

This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:

Competitor Landscape

  • Onapsis
  • SAP Solution Manager/Focused Run
  • Tenable
  • Qualys
  • Imperva WAF

Must-Have Features for MVP

Transport/package analyzer for ERP custom code
Virtual patch generation to app-layer WAF/ABAP exits
JIT privileged access with auto-expiry
Exploit-canary synthetic transactions
SoD violation detection and auto-remediation runbooks
Zero-downtime rollout and instant rollback
Audit-ready mitigation ledger and evidence packs

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Deep coverage of heterogeneous ERP stacks
  • False positives from virtual patching
  • Change-control/SOD constraints
  • On-prem network segmentation for sensors

Risk Level: High

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Deploys in <1 day agentlessly
  • Blocks exploitable paths measured via canary hit rate
  • Closes audit findings within a quarter
  • Minimal performance overhead (<2%)
  • Coverage across SAP/Oracle EBS/D365 core interfaces

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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.