VulnCordon: ERP-Aware Virtual Patching and Micro-Isolation
10/10
Demand Score
Active exploitation of ERP CVEs can lead to data exfiltration and forced outages; boards demand immediate containment without halting operations.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-20k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
VulnCordon contains critical ERP vulnerabilities within minutes by deploying ERP-transaction-aware virtual patches and runtime micro-isolation—without taking SAP, Oracle EBS, or NetSuite offline. It i
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
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Competitor Landscape
- Onapsis
- Qualys VMDR
- Tenable.io
- Rapid7 InsightVM
- Imperva WAF
- Akamai App & API Protector
- SAP Code Vulnerability Analyzer
Must-Have Features for MVP
CVE-to-transaction mitigation packs for SAP/Oracle/NetSuite
ERP-aware reverse proxy with T-code/RFC/OData/API scoping
eBPF runtime sensors for syscall/DB pattern enforcement
Canary rollout and instant rollback of virtual patches
Auto rule tuning using live traffic baselines
Signed audit trails for SOX/ISO compliance
Integrations with SIEM, vulnerability scanners, and ticketing
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Deep ERP protocol semantics and version variance
- On‑prem network insertion and change control
- False positives impacting business transactions
- Vendor support expectations for non-code mitigations
- Data privacy for DPI of ERP payloads
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Zero-downtime activation
- Low false-positive rate on critical processes (STO, MIGO, AR/AP)
- Measurable MTTC reduction (<30 min)
- Security and ERP Basis/DBA joint adoption
- Library coverage for top ERP CVEs and misconfigurations
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.