Digital Business Automation Ideas


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  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Please use the following category to raise ideas for these offerings for all environments (traditional on premises, containers, on cloud):

  • Cloud Pak for Business Automation - including Business Automation Studio and App Designer, Business Automation Insights

  • Business Automation Workflow (BAW) - including BAW, Business Process Manager, Workstream Services, Business Performance Center, Advanced Case Management

  • Content Services - FileNet Content Manager

  • Content Services - Content Manager OnDemand

  • Content Services - Daeja Virtual Viewer

  • Content Services - Navigator

  • Content Services - Content Collector for Email, Sharepoint, Files

  • Content Services - Content Collector for SAP

  • Content Services - Enterprise Records

  • Content Services - Content Manager (CM8)

  • Datacap

  • Automation Document Processing

  • Automation Decision Services (ADS)

  • Operational Decision Manager

  • Robotic Process Automation

  • Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

  • Blueworks Live

  • Business Automation Manager Open Edition

  • IBM Process Mining


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.


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Workspace Business Automation Workflow
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Created on Aug 7, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Provide a native file content scanning and validation capability in IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) ECM File Uploader that can inspect uploaded files for malicious content (such as embedded JavaScript, malware, or potentially harmful payloads) before the file is uploaded to FileNet/ECM and allow the upload to be blocked, quarantined, or rejected based on scan results.

Currently, IBM BAW ECM File Uploader supports validation such as file type, file size, upload events, and post-upload processing, but it does not provide a documented pre-upload hook or built-in capability to inspect file contents and block malicious files before upload. The existing "On Upload Complete" event can only trigger after the document has already been uploaded to FileNet.

undergoing security and penetration testing are increasingly required to demonstrate protection against Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), malicious PDFs, embedded JavaScript, malware, and other potentially dangerous file content. In regulated industries such as banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, and government, allowing files to be uploaded before validation creates security and compliance concerns.

The enhancement should provide:

• Native pre-upload content inspection capability.

• Integration with antivirus and malware scanning engines.

• Ability to scan PDFs, Office documents, images, and other supported file types.

• Configurable actions such as Allow, Reject, Quarantine, or Notify.

• APIs and extension points for third-party security products.

• Administrative configuration through BAW.

• Audit logging and reporting of scan results.

This capability would allow organizations to enforce security controls before content reaches ECM/FileNet storage and reduce the need for custom upload components or external gateway solutions.

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