WitnessBox HR: Secure Evidence Intake Links
8/10
Demand Score
Investigations stall waiting on statements and artifacts; external contributors resist complex portals, creating risk and delay.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$500-2k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
9 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
Create scoped, expiring ‘magic links’ to collect statements, files, photos, and voice notes from employees, managers, and third parties—no login required. Each intake session captures consent, hashes
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Box File Request
- Dropbox File Request
- Microsoft OneDrive Request Files
- Formstack
- Jotform Enterprise
- HR Acuity (attachments)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Scoped, expiring, OTP-protected intake links
Consent capture with locale variants
Audio/video intake with automatic transcription
PII detection and redaction suggestions
Hashing and metadata for tamper evidence
Virus scanning and OCR on all files
Duplicate detection and merge
Direct push into case vault with role-based access
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Consent language localization and legal review
- Secure link sharing policies and phishing concerns
- Mobile UX across BYOD devices
- Anonymity handling and retaliation concerns
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Very high completion rates on evidence requests
- Clear, defensible provenance for every artifact
- Low admin overhead to create/manage requests
- Safe-by-default redaction and malware controls
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.