Challenge

Our client, a global automotive manufacturer, operated multiple e-commerce platforms across different regions, each running separate SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris) codebases. This fragmented architecture led to:

• Operational inefficiencies – Maintaining five different backend systems increased development costs and slowed down market rollouts.
• Security & Compliance Risks – The client required a robust security framework to pass an external Security Audit and align with GDPR and industry standards.
• Slow Market Expansion – Deploying a new e-commerce site to a different country required significant time and effort, delaying international growth.

To address these challenges, our company led a backend transformation initiative to unify multiple SAP Commerce codebases into a single scalable backend while ensuring security compliance for the upcoming audit.

Solution

Our team executed a two-pronged approach: Backend Unification & Security Hardening, ensuring the client had a scalable, compliant, and high-performance architecture for global e-commerce expansion.

Unifying SAP Commerce Backends for multi-country deployment

• Consolidated five different SAP Commerce codebases into one centralized backend, enabling a multi-country, multi-store architecture.
• Designed a modular architecture that allowed each regional store to have unique configurations while maintaining a shared core system.
• Standardized APIs & microservices, reducing maintenance complexity and improving time-to-market for new deployments.
• Integrated ActiveMQ & Kubernetes-based orchestration to optimize scalability and fault tolerance.

Security audit readiness & Compliance implementation

• Implemented end-to-end encryption for data in transit, backups, and sensitive information storage.
• Developed a secure containerization policy to manage access controls and audit logs across environments.
• Established a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) security process, integrating automated vulnerability scanning using BlackDuck & SecHub.
• Defined security roles, permissions, and an incident response process to enhance risk management.
• Implemented a structured patching process to ensure timely updates and eliminate security vulnerabilities.
• Assisted in GDPR readiness by automating compliance-related tasks, including data anonymization scripts and user consent tracking.

Deployment & Business impact

• Successfully navigated the Security Audit, meeting all compliance requirements and resolving pre-identified vulnerabilities.
• Optimized deployment pipelines, enabling the client to launch e-commerce websites in new markets within 1 month (previously taking several months).

Results

Enabled rapid global expansion – New country deployments reduced from several months to just 1 month.

Passed the Security Audit – Ensured full compliance with security best practices & GDPR.

Reduced operational overhead – Eliminated redundant systems, simplifying maintenance and improving cost efficiency.

Scalable & secure architecture – Enabled long-term sustainability with a centralized, future-proof SAP Commerce backend.