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Why it’s Time to Adopt Zero Trust Architecture

  Image   If you work in cybersecurity, the chances are that you will have come across the phrase Zero Trust over the past few years. It’s become a real industry buzzword, but there is substance behind the noise on this occasion.   To the outsider, it’s a term that is easy to misinterpret. It sounds draconian and severe and could...
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End-to-End Rights Management Made Simple with SFT

  Image Digital files are the crown jewels of any organization, and end-to-end rights management is increasingly the goal of businesses who need to transfer files securely. How can organizations ensure data is secure from inception to publication, especially when third parties enter the picture? Enter secure file transfer plus...
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Secure File Transfer Drives Compliance and Efficiency for Credit Unions

  Image The unwavering protection of personally identifiable information (PII) is the foundation upon which financial and banking organizations build their services and instill trust in customers. Achieving this requires credit unions and related companies to navigate a fine balance between stringent data security and business...
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How GoAnywhere MFT Works with SharePoint

  Image Data and documents are the lifeblood of the business and sharing that data to both external trading partners and internal stakeholders is essential. Discover how GoAnywhere works with one of today’s favorite intranet sites for teams and file sharing: SharePoint. What is SharePoint? SharePoint helps teams meet various...
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Comparing the Top File Transfer Protocols

  Image With dozens of file transfer protocols to choose from, how do you know which is the best for your business? Some file transfer protocol specifications are set by trading partners – method, format, and security requirements – while others are set by internal requirements. Discover the top secure file transfer methods, and how...
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HIPAA vs. HITRUST: The Key Differences

  Image   What is HIPAA?   HIPPA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law that addresses regulatory compliance for healthcare organizations. HIPAA sets the standard for protecting sensitive patient data and applies to any company that deals with protected health information (PHI). HIPAA...
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What is India's Personal Data Protection Bill?

  Image The EU’s GDPR paved the way for data privacy and protection laws around the world, and one of the latest is the emerging Personal Data Protection Bill in India. While organizations in India already adhere to international data privacy laws, including GDPR when serving overseas customers, as well as the restrictions set out in...
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Secure File Transfer for Supply Chain Risk Management

  Image Supply chain attacks are one of the fastest-growing cyber risks that organizations face in 2022, and when it comes to supply chain risk management, organizations in every industry should pay attention. There have always been efforts to help organizations understand and mitigate risks related to supply chain, and recent...
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What is HITRUST Compliance?

  Image HITRUST Compliance Helps to Manage Risk The secure storage and transfer of sensitive data is of the utmost importance to the healthcare industry. Data security and complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is paramount, yet doing so can often be complex and difficult to maintain. This is...
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What is a PGP File?

  Image What is PGP and What is It Used For? PGP is short for Pretty Good Privacy and it’s one of the most widely used technologies for encrypting and authenticating files. It can help encrypt, decrypt, authenticate, and verity various file types including emails, files, directories, disk partitions, and more. PGP, along with its...
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Cybersecurity Concerns in Healthcare in 2022

  Image Every year the healthcare industry is greeted with headlines stating that ‘last year was the most-breached ever.’ And that trend is unlikely to stop in 2022. The healthcare industry has historically been one of the most-targeted by hackers, and one of the most breached by internal actors. Key reasons why include vast amounts...
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13 Essential MFT Blog Posts You Might Have Missed

  Image There’s a lot out there (and just on this website) about what MFT (managed file transfer) software is, why it’s a good FTP alternative, and how to choose the best file transfer software for your business. That’s why we’ve selected 13 of our top blogs that answer those exactly those questions – and more. And because questions...
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Still WFH? Time to Revisit BYOD, Security, and More

  Image Work from home, which was once an early-pandemic precaution, is becoming a norm across industries. It is likely that the pandemic has shifted how people work forever, with half of employees expecting to work predominantly from home or in a hybrid home-and-office system going forward. However, just as in the early days of the...
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What is Shadow IT and Why is it a Problem?

  Image   Shadow IT Doesn’t Lurk in the Shadows – it's Prevalent   Although it may seem foreign now, there was once a time when an organization’s IT department had complete and total control over the technology being used by the organization. Before software could be purchased, or before anyone clicked download, the IT Director’s...
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Looking to 2022: New Year, New Data Security Strategies

  Image 3 Data Centric Security Strategies for 2022 Despite massive growth in data security spending, the number of data breaches is increasing. With constant changes in how and where work is done—thanks in part to growth in both cloud computing and mobile device usage—the threats are changing, too. And so are the strategies taken...
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What is SOC 2 and Why it Matters for Security

  Image There are some things in life that should be a given: rollercoasters are inspected regularly, chefs wash their hands, and your organization’s file transfers are secure. That last is a little more nebulous to see immediate cause-and-effect (it’s not like your rollercoaster car rolling off the tracks or getting food poisoning!...
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Developing a Plan for Data Risk Management

  Image What is Data and Risk Management? Data and risk management encompasses the processes and procedures an organization follows to safeguard the data it collects and stores. Data is today’s biggest asset—and today’s biggest target. If your organization has data, no matter now little or how sensitive, it’s at risk for leakage,...
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Is MFT the Next Big Integrating Technology?

  Image Is MFT Integration Software? MFT, which stands for managed file transfer, is not, strictly speaking, integration software. Managed file transfer at the most basic level is a transfer tool designed to get your data from A to B securely. Despite that, many MFT solutions take over the functions of everyday file transfer tools...
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The Difference Between Data Privacy, Data Protection, and Compliance

  Image Data privacy, data protection, and compliance: they’re similar, but not the same. If you’re like most IT professionals, you may have used these terms interchangeably, and with good reason: all data privacy laws deal with protection, many data protection laws have privacy at their heart, and both outline compliance...
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The Surprising Relationship Between Data Privacy Laws and File Sharing

  Image Location, location, location. Not just the mantra of realtors and would-be buyers – it’s also a concern for data security professionals world-wide. As cloud computing has ramped up across industries, the physical location of stored data has been called into question, alongside concerns stemming from data privacy laws. Read...