The proliferation of mobile devices within the enterprise is undeniable with tablets and smart phones becoming key tools for employees looking to ‘get the job done’. Many CIO’s and IT Directors know they have a problem with ensuring the secure and controlled mobile access to data, but what’s the solution?…
Over the past couple of years there has been considerable hype around saas, hosted or cloud based solutions – the managed file transfer marketplace has been no different. We speak to many businesses on a daily basis about their file transfer requirements and inevitably, a number of them ask for a cloud based solution.…
This morning I was asked if I recommended using transport encryption or file encryption to protect company files and data.
My answer: “Use both of them, together!”
For starters, here’s a real quick summary of both encryption types:
Transport encryption (“data-in-transit”) protects the file as it travels over protocols such as FTPS (SSL), SFTP (SSH) and HTTPS.…
November 20, 2011 Tags: data at rest, data breach, data in transit, ftp, managed file transfer, secure file transfer, security compliance
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“My company still relies heavily on FTP. I know we should be using something more secure, but I don’t know where to begin.”
Sound familiar?
The easy answer is that you should migrate away from antiquated FTP software because it could be putting your company’s data at risk – unsecured data is obviously an enormous liability.…
November 1, 2011 Tags: ftp replacement, FTP solutions, managed file transfer, secure file transfer, sharepoint
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Everybody is talking about the cloud; its today’s hot topic with more and more organisations considering a cloud-base (hosted) solution as an alternative to their current on-premise solution. The shift to cloud based computing is gathering pace and consequently this is an area we’ve been looking at quite closely.…
If you’re considering implementing a managed file transfer solution during 2011 then you’re in luck. Pro2col has been lobbying Ipswitch’s marketing team to provide a web cast specifically for the UK marketplace to address the considerations that should be taken into account when planning the implementation of a managed file transfer solution.…
January 12, 2011 Tags: ipswitch file transfer, jonathan lampe, managed file transfer, mft, moveit dmz, secure file transfer
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Biscom’s recent focus on legal firms has really paid dividends having announced that the number of Biscom Delivery Server licenses sold into the legal sector passes 5000 seats. It seems that the legal marketplace has very much embraced BDS as a solution that understands the data exchange needs of law firms.…
January 11, 2011 Tags: autonomy, BDS, biscom delivery server, imanage, law firm technology, managed file transfer, secure file transfer
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SC Magazine have reviewed a number of managed file transfer solutions available in the marketplace – Ipswitch MOVEit DMZ being one of them. This managed file transfer server software helps secure data in transit by encrypting various transfer protocols using industry standards.…
December 23, 2010 Tags: ipswitch file transfer, managed file transfer, moveit dmz, secure file transfer
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The 2010 Ipswitch Cash Club program makes the decision to purchase any WS_FTP Server solution much easier by offering you cashback on every purchase!
If you make a qualifying purchase from November 1-30, 2010, you will receive 15% of your total purchase in Amazon.com gift cards.…
GT News have just published a great article written by Jonathan Lampe (Vice President of Product Management at Ipswitch) regarding data transfer requirements under PCI DSS. If anyone is looking for a PCI DSS compliant solution for file transferring data, these are the points they really need to be taking into consideration:
Data: Transferring the Burden Under PCI DSS
Jonathan Lampe, Ipswitch – 08 Jun 2010
Despite widespread adoption of Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and transaction sets in the financial industry, a surprising high percentage of the data flow is still represented by files or bulk data sets.…
June 22, 2010 Tags: compliance, data security, gartner, ipswitch file transfer, jonathan lampe, managed file transfer, mft, pci dss
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