Encrypted speak-up channel for employee feedback
Security and compliance teams often inherit sensitive employee feedback running on general-purpose forms — shadow IT with a large legal discovery surface. InviziPoll supports speak-up programs with browser-side encryption and ciphertext-only storage: no readable response bodies for vendors to produce under subpoena.
Shadow IT risk on unsanctioned feedback tools
HR and ethics programs frequently spin up Google Forms, Microsoft Forms, or legacy survey tools without a security review. Those platforms typically store plaintext or policy-gated confidential data — expanding what opposing counsel can request from a vendor during litigation or regulatory inquiry.
Shrink the discovery surface
InviziPoll's response table holds ciphertext only. Customer-held keys decrypt aggregates in authorized admin browsers. We cannot reconstruct individual plaintext answers on the server — the architectural fact security reviewers can verify on /security and in our encryption docs.
SIEM metadata and enterprise identity
Stream tenant-scoped audit events to Splunk, Datadog, or your SIEM — admin actions and configuration changes, not respondent answers. Pair with SAML/OIDC SSO and optional SCIM directory sync so IT can provision and deprovision workspace access without manual account hygiene.
Always-on speak-up programs
Run a standing encrypted channel — not a separate hotline SKU. Pin an open link or Slack announcement for continuous intake with k-anonymity thresholds. The channel runs both ways: a reporter can take a one-time return code before submitting, and you can acknowledge, set a case status, and reply without learning who they are. See anonymous suggestion box design and confidential vs anonymous.
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Common questions
- How is speak-up feedback encrypted?
- Each response is encrypted in the respondent's browser before upload. InviziPoll servers store ciphertext only. Authorized admins decrypt aggregate analytics locally in their own clients — operators do not read individual plaintext answers as part of normal service delivery.
- What can InviziPoll produce if legal discovery targets survey responses?
- We can only hand over what we possess: encrypted blobs without the customer-held keys needed to read them. This page describes architecture facts for security review — not legal advice. Your counsel should evaluate fit for your jurisdiction and program.
- Do SIEM webhooks include employee survey answers?
- No. SIEM integrations stream tenant-scoped audit metadata — admin logins, poll lifecycle events, access changes — not respondent plaintext or per-response content.
- How does IT provision access?
- Business plans support SAML/OIDC single sign-on, verified domains, and optional SCIM 2.0 directory sync for joiner/mover/leaver workflows alongside standard workspace invites.
- Is InviziPoll a certified whistleblower hotline?
- No. We are not a regulated or certified hotline provider, and nothing here is legal advice. What InviziPoll gives you is an anonymous internal reporting channel with a ciphertext-only response boundary and, since August 2026, a way to write back: a reporter can take a one-time return code before submitting, and you can then acknowledge, set a case status, and reply without ever learning who they are. There is no case management, no assignment or evidence handling, and no notification to the reporter. Your counsel should judge fit for your jurisdiction and program.
- Can we acknowledge a report and give the reporter feedback?
- Yes, if the reporter kept their return code. They enter it on our reply page to read what you wrote and send a follow-up; the code is created in their browser, never reaches us, and cannot be recovered if lost. Each report carries a coarse status you set: received, acknowledged, under review, or closed. Nothing notifies the reporter, because we hold no address for them, so they check back with their code. Whether that satisfies a specific obligation, such as the acknowledgement and feedback periods in Directive (EU) 2019/1937, is a question for your counsel, not for us.
- Can we run an always-on suggestion box?
- Yes. Publish a long-lived poll with an open link or Slack distribution, pin it in your wiki or channels, and keep k-anonymity thresholds so small groups stay protected. See our anonymous suggestion box guide for program design tips.