Whistleblower application ranking

Number 1 in our ranking – EY Virtual Compliance Officer is a modular application enabling broader compliance activities. Despite extensive features, it is a simple and intuitive tool. According to the authors, the form is based on forensic best practices. In the most comprehensive package, there is an intelligent internal regulations repository module, as well as expert support in implementing procedures tailored to the client, evaluating reports, recommending follow-up actions, and conducting explanatory proceedings.

EQS Integrity Line is an application from the German company EQS Group, which – as we learn from the provider – is already used by more than 2,000 companies in Europe. That seems recommendation enough. Polish implementation and adaptation to Polish whistleblower law is handled by Cogit. Due to its universality, the application suits international companies and capital groups. It is a simple and intuitive tool that provides appropriate security measures and includes interesting features such as anonymising report content and whistleblower voice recordings, voice transcription, and automatic translation of reports into different languages.

This is a very simple and intuitive tool that ensures confidentiality for the reporter, enables confidential communication with the reporter, can be installed on the company's server, and supports multiple languages. In addition, Fraud Control has developed a report verification programme. FC uses, among other things, a voice analyser from the Israeli company Nemesysco (a so-called voice polygraph). Thanks to it, during an explanatory phone call FC consultants can determine whether a person is lying, which significantly speeds up and reduces the cost of explanatory proceedings. FC also uses digital forensics solutions.

Whistboard's whistleblower panel contains all essential elements and gives the reporter a choice of reporting mode and category. The security level matches the mode chosen by the whistleblower: anonymity, confidentiality, or openness. The more expensive package allows personalisation of the application to the needs and specifics of a given organisation. It is a recommendable, intuitive application providing an appropriate level of security that can also serve as a universal compliance tool.

The whiblo application is a simple, intuitive and universal breach reporting tool that can be used in any organisation. The whiblo system handles both open and anonymous reports. The whistleblower receives clear information about what will happen to the report and how to monitor it. The whistleblower panel contains short, readable instructions on navigating the application, including creating a report and monitoring its status. Easy report tracking and a clear layout with a vertical Gantt chart. The application does not record IP addresses and removes metadata from attachments.

Sygnanet is an application from Specfile Project in Poznań. Data related to a report is encrypted on the user's device (computer, smartphone). Data is transmitted to the server already encrypted and made available to the recipient on their device in that form. No cryptographic operations occur on the server or in transmission channels. The encryption and decryption process is based on RSA-4096 and AES-256 algorithms used worldwide for information protection and regarded as cryptographic standards. Thus the software provider has no access to report contents. The extensive implementation platform deserves special attention.

WeMoral offers an exceptionally simple, uncomplicated, intuitive and easy-to-use breach reporting tool. The company offers one-day service deployment. The report, preceded by basic information for the whistleblower, is anonymous by default, but there is an option to add a name field marked as personal data in the system. Two-way communication between the whistleblower and the administrator is encrypted. After logging in, the administrator panel requires an additional password to read report content.

CS-Sygnalista is an application module of the larger CasuSoft programme for law firms and legal departments. Managed by a law firm, it can serve multiple companies for whistleblower breach reporting. This drove a very comprehensive reporting form with variants preferred by companies, requiring many separate reporting channels and many permissions – in application terms, creating objects and processes. After familiarisation with the instructions and specific vocabulary, using the application is not problematic.

Linia Etyki is a graphically attractive, user-friendly whistleblower application with required functionality and an appropriate level of anonymity protection, while also allowing personal data to be provided. The application can link reports concerning the same matter and offers an initial filter for unfounded reports. In the extended package LE staff (including psychologists and lawyers) conduct dialogue with the whistleblower on behalf of the company, operate a dedicated hotline, perform initial report analysis, and provide impartial advice on individual cases.

Gwizdek is a functional, simple-to-use application. Login to the administrator and whistleblower panels is via the product website www.gwizdek.legal. The system offers two reporting channels: a dedicated hotline and an online form. When designing the system, its authors emphasised broadly understood security, implementing anonymisation tools, multi-level user authentication, and other measures described in the full review.