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Why it’s Time to Adopt Zero Trust Architecture

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 be perceived as...
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End-to-End Rights Management Made Simple with SFT

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 digital rights management. These...
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A Ransomware Special - WannaCry’s Anniversary and More: This Month in Cybersecurity

May’s ‘this month in cybersecurity’ is somewhat of a ransomware news special. In addition to a ransomware attack on Costa Rica and the continued expansion of BlackByte, this month also marks the fifth anniversary of WannaCry, perhaps the most damaging malware attack the world has seen.Ransomware remains hugely prevalent, but is an attack likely to...
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What is Ryuk Ransomware?

The last few years have seen a rise in stories about Ryuk, a powerful piece of ransomware that is best known for targeting healthcare institutions, but has also been attacking municipal governments, state courts, enterprises, and large universities, among others. Many of these organizations have paid hefty fees – between $100,00 and $500,000,...
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Secure File Transfer Drives Compliance and Efficiency for Credit Unions

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 efficiency to meet customer...
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This Month in Cybersecurity: Time for a Spring Clean?

Spring is the time of year when people start thinking about decluttering, cleaning, and readying themselves for the next season—spring cleaning. It's a tradition that dates back centuries, but it could also be applied to an organization's cybersecurity. There’s never a bad time to reflect on how best to keep your organization safe, especially...
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Is Your Disaster Recovery Site Ready?

The old adage, "It's not a matter of if, but when" can strike fear in the heart of every IT professional, especially when talking about recovering form the unexpected impact of outages. Whether the result of a natural disaster, cybercrime impact, or large-scale network outages that dreaded downtime and the security measures that need to be taken...
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How GoAnywhere MFT Works with SharePoint

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 business needs by providing...
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How to Streamline Secure Data Exchanges

Secure Data Exchanges Don't Have to Sacrifice EfficiencyHitting “send” is as routine and frequent as sipping on coffee for many employees. And uploading a file to a third-party, vendor, or another colleague happens with that same automatic mind-set. Outside of the IT team, many employees don’t actually give a lot of thought to the journey of the data...
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Comparing the Top File Transfer Protocols

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 they stack up against one...
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Choosing MFT Software Based on User Reviews

Humans use reviews for pretty much everything – hiring a company, making a purchase, even applying for a job. Reviews give us insight into what someone – presumably someone like us, if they’re currently using the same thing we’re shopping for – thinks of a product: how they liked it, what their experience is, and what could have been better. Even...
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Data Security Measures for the Return to Office

Whether your employees are headed back to the office enthusiastically, with a bit of dread, or a mix of emotions, they’ll bring with them more than just their laptops, lunches, and stories from their work-from-home days upon their return. They’ll also potentially be bringing along some data security risks.While risks around unauthorized file sharing,...
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5 Ways Government Can Improve Cybersecurity Resilience

Cybersecurity for Government is CrucialIn these trying times government agencies everywhere must be resilient when it comes to cybersecurity.Cyber resilience is an organization’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber threats. A cyber-resilient organization can adequately adapt to known and unknown crises, threats, adversities, and...
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Secure File Transfer for Supply Chain Risk Management

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 initiatives, including the U.S.’s...
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ModernCTO Podcast with Chris Spargen - Seamless Managed File Transfer

Chris Spargen, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager for HelpSystems (now Fortra), was recently featured on the ModernCTO Podcast. In the interview, Spargen discusses how MFT technology has rapidly evolved to be more user friendly and how the company’s MFT solutions can secure, automate, and encrypt file transfers in an ever-increasing threat environment. Listen below: ...
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Shadow IT and Work From Home: The Risks and Solutions

Working 9 to 5 is no longer the only way to make a living, and for the foreseeable future, organizations parking most of their employees at a particular desk Monday through Friday is looking less and less likely. Working from home, at least as part of a hybrid organizational structure, is here to stay. Whether working from home, in a hybrid...
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Tainted Love, Ransomware, and More: This Month in Cybersecurity

February, while a short month, was long on cybersecurity threats. Read on for a few of the high- (well, low-lights) as well as for some resources from GoAnywhere MFT on how you can help secure your sensitive data files while they are in motion and in transit. Love Hurts The search for love turned up more than potential partners over the last...
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What is a PGP File?

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 offshoots Open PGP and GPG, are used so frequently because they’re flexible...
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HTTPS vs. SFTP: The Key Differences

What Are the Key Differences Between HTTPS and SFTP?HTTPS and SFTP are both important protocols used for the act of sending data. However, there are innate differences between them. Read more for a look at the key differences between HTTPS and SFTP.What is HTTPS?HTTPS, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, is a secure way to send data between a web...
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How Businesses Can Collaborate Securely with GoDrive

Collaborating or sharing information lies at the very heart of business. Securing these information exchanges, however, requires more than a firm handshake. The information your organization owns is priceless, so it’s vital to ensure that it is accessed, manipulated, and shared only by authorized individuals and with security measures that do not...