If your organization is like most, you probably move more than a few files from place to place. With all this data flying around, how secure are your file transfers? This shortcut guide examines three real-world file transfer scenarios and provides the 10 business requirements you need to fulfill with any file transfer solution. >>

Misconceptions and bad assumptions related to file transfer are common. This paper will bust some of these myths by examining common misunderstandings, explaining where they came from - because many of them do, in fact, contain a nugget of truth - and seeing how they hold up to cold, hard facts. >>

Although many managed file transfer solutions are similar in basic capabilities, each solution offers unique features that, depending on your needs, may be advantageous or disadvantageous to your organization. This paper will examine specific business requirements that you may have and translate those to the technical requirements of a file transfer solution. >>

Your evaluation of secure MFT solutions should include a high degree of detail. Knowing what your business needs before you begin evaluating will help the evaluation process go more smoothly and quickly, and will help you avoid some of the confusion that can be created by vendors' own sales and marketing materials. This paper indentifies the major considerations you should keep in mind as you evaluate managed file transfer solutions. >>

In The Shortcut Guide to Secure, Managed File Transfer you'll learn about traditional and emerging concerns related to file transfers, including the ad-hoc, person-to-person file transfers that are often the least managed, least secure, and least visible way in which your company's sensitive data moves around. You'll also learn about the modern solution space for securing and managing file transfers, and learn how to define your company's unique business needs and evaluate solutions to provide more security, more automation, better workflow, and better reliability. >>

Adherence to United States government security standards can be complex to plan and implement. There are a number of standards that the implementer must become familiar with. Many of them are subjective and open to interpretation, further complicating matters. Most U.S. federal government agencies and departments are required by law to adhere to these standards and are audited regularly for compliance. This paper discusses two of these federal standards, FISMA and NIST SP 800-53, and how secure and managed file transfer solutions can be implemented to help enable compliance. >>

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently enacted a bill to protect the private information of Massachusetts residents even if that information is held by organizations outside the state. All U.S. organizations who have customers, clients, or employees who are Massachusetts residents are required to review current security practices, create and enact a plan to protect subject information and continuously monitor for breaches. Managing the transfer of files in compliance with the new law will require organizations to utilize a combination of identity checks, encryption, and reporting that can be found only in advanced file transfer solutions. >>

With awareness of data breaches at an all-time high, banking institutions are working hard to implement policies and solutions that protect sensitive financial information along with their reputations and industry competitiveness. In today's digital world, critical financial data - including social security numbers, bank account information, mortgage statements, payment card numbers, and other high-value, highly confidential information - is being sent back and forth between businesses and individuals at speeds faster than anyone ever thought possible. While this information exchange allows financial institutions such as banks to deliver higher levels of service and capitalize on emerging growth opportunities, it also leaves them vulnerable to security breaches and data leaks. >>

In this paper, learn more about the issues of data security, secure data transfer, and the impact of regulatory compliance on the medical industry. Only through the implementation of best practices and effective file transfer solutions can you simultaneously protect your critical patient data while fulfilling the requirements dictated by government regulations like HIPAA. >>

This webcast will provide insight on keeping data secure with managed file transfer and the importance of enabling employee productivity through ad hoc file transfers. We'll discuss how visibility and management can be improved through ad hoc, person-to-person file transfer. Business requirements to ad hoc file transfer solutions will also be mapped through the presentation of real world use cases. In this webcast, you'll learn how to:

• Proactively manage all file transfer interactions, both within the company and also with people external to the organization
• Enforce administrator defined polices and rules for sending files to other people
• Achieve complete visibility into all person-to-person file sharing activities
• Give users a simple and secure way to quickly send files to other people

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