Businesses face a real threat – their employees. That’s right, increasingly tech-savvy employees have turned to a diverse range of file transfer tools that are beyond the sight of IT management.…
We’ve been working closely with councils throughout the UK to simplify, secure and streamline their file transfer, so we couldn’t miss the opportunity to attend Socitm 2012; the No. 1 UK ICT event for councils. The conference has kicked off today (here’s a breakdown of the programme) and the Pro2col team are ready and waiting to share the knowledge and experience that we have gained from working with councils to secure person-to-person file transfers and automate the movement of sensitive data into and out of the organisation.…
Recent research suggests that the SMB sector is coming under an increasing number of cyber attacks from hackers and cyber criminals. Figures published by Symantec revealed that the number of attacks on companies with fewer than 250 staff had doubled in the six months to June 2012.…
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 month the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has served a Monetary Penalty Notice of £130,000 to Powys County Council, after the details of a child protection case were sent to the wrong recipient. The penalty is the highest that the ICO has served since it received the power in April 2010.…
December 7, 2011 Tags: ad hoc file transfer, data breach, ico, ipswitch moveit dmz, secure file transfer
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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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