ChainSafe HR Case Vault
9/10
Demand Score
Active investigations and audits require immediate, defensible documentation; missing or altered records create legal exposure.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$1k-5k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
An HR-specific case repository that turns scattered emails, chats, and files into a tamper-evident, audit-ready case record. Outlook/Gmail add-ins and Slack/Teams bots let managers save messages, atta
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 1 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- NAVEX (EthicsPoint/Case Mgmt)
- HR Acuity
- Case IQ (i-Sight)
- Workday Employee Relations
- Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
- Smarsh
- Onna
Must-Have Features for MVP
Outlook/Gmail add-ins and Slack/Teams capture
WORM storage with object lock and hash-chained audit log
Auto case timeline and provenance view
Legal hold and retention schedules
Full-text search with OCR on uploads and scans
Role-based access, redaction, and privileged-note handling
One-click audit/export (PDF/CSV/native)
SSO/SCIM provisioning and DLP controls
API connectors to HRIS for employee/context sync
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- M365/Google admin consent for mailbox and chat APIs
- Data residency and retention policy alignment
- Works council/union and legal review
- Change management for manager adoption
- Security certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Capture friction near zero (1–2 clicks)
- Provable immutability and chain-of-custody
- Fast, precise search across evidence
- Low-effort deployment in M365/Google/Slack/Teams
- Trusted compliance posture (SOC 2/ISO/penetration tests)
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