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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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Allow partial lines updates by changeOrder or cancelOrder api

The changeOrder and cancelOrder APIs currently perform partial cancellations. If a request contains multiple line items and one or more lines have invalid details (such as incorrect quantity), the API stops processing at the first invalid line, re...
13 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Sterling to support Active Directory or Entra (security) group

Active Directory Security group help our organization to 1. process MACD especially Add and Remove members 2. managerial attestation (employees are removed from accessing Sterling as soon as he/she leaves the company. In our case, we have many int...
13 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Under review

Provide Application Security Logging

Based on case TS020418213 and meeting with Rishabh Jindal it became clear that currently Connect Direct for windows is not able to provide application security logging based on the requirements of ABN AMRO internal policies and standards. We would...
13 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Under review

Add support for configuring password history in IBM Sterling Control Center to prevent reuse of previous passwords.

Currently, Sterling Control Center allows setting password length, complexity, and expiration rules, but does not provide an option to enforce password history. This feature is critical for strengthening security by ensuring users cannot reuse rec...

ITXA should require user passwords be changed at least yearly. Preferably every 90 days.

End user passwords are not forced to be reset. According to best practice security standards they shoudl be changed every 90 days or yearly. ITXA has no forced password change functionality. There shoudl be foreced password change based on time. F...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Submitted

Request to extend AS2 user password length to 100 or more chars, and/or enable User Identity Key authentication method for AS2

We are unable to accommodate AS2 connections to CPI due to username and password length limitations. This has a risen during a POC with client Haleon who have already commited to a further 6 connections that we currently can't facilitate. We have ...
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 3 Planned for future release

Include wildcard support in Sterling B2B for C:D transfers

Hello, We have identified that the wildcard (*) function for sending or receiving with the C:D Sterling adapter does not work. It is unable to automatically detect all possible files located in a mailbox using the wildcard. While it does copy the ...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 3 Needs more information

Support Verification Of Payee (VOP) in EBICS

The EU Commission Instant Payment Regulation specifies that IBAN name verification, which must be carried out before the order is approved, must be mandatory for both SEPA credit transfers and real-time credit transfers, with a few exceptions. All...
6 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards 2 Under review

AS2 support for CEM message format

As Sectigo and other Certificate Authority (CA) providers increasingly implement frequent certificate upgrades to strengthen security, the need for automated certificate management solutions becomes more critical. A proven approach, already adopte...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Onboarding 1 Submitted

Private Key Authentication for JDBC Connections

Our current Sterling 6.1.2 is connecting to Snowflake DB using JDBC (Snowflake driver) with username/password authentication method. Now, due to security reasons, the Snowflake is enforcing private key authentication (.p8) instead of password. But...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted