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Balancing workloads delivers reliability and scalability
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Load Balancing Keeps Files Moving, Processes Running

By Heath Kath on Mon, 04/15/2024
Dreaded network bottlenecks and the ensuing risk of downtime are anxiety-producing situations for many IT teams. Afterall, uptime is how business gets done and when that fails, the domino effect can have serious repercussions. Load balancing, however, can act as a preventative, to keep network traffic flowing.What is Load Balancing?Load balancing is...
Managed File Transfer
Insurance industry professional using MFT to transfer client files
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How MFT Helps the Insurance Industry Secure Files

By Heath Kath on Thu, 04/04/2024
Insurance industry insiders know an insurance policy is one of the few products purchased that most people hope to never have to put to use. Afterall, “using” your insurance means that an adverse event has occurred – an auto accident, medical crisis, storm damage, or any number of situations where not having a policy in place could have huge financial...
Compliance
Managed File Transfer
Colleagues hardening their MFT environment to improve solution security
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Hardening Your MFT Environment: A File Security Essential

By Chris Spargen on Mon, 04/01/2024
Congratulate yourself if you already have a secure, managed file transfer (MFT) solution in your organization. You’ve taken a proactive step towards addressing growing cybersecurity concerns around the exchange of your sensitive, often business-critical files.While robust file transfer solutions can offer security, automation, and a streamlined way to...
Compliance
On-Demand Webinar

Strengthen Your Defense: Updated GoAnywhere Hardening Best Practices

By Michael Barford
Strengthen your security defenses. Our Strengthen Your Defense: Updated GoAnywhere Best Practices customer webinar zeroes in on GoAnywhere’s updated hardening and architecture guides, which details the best practices and configurations to help you further boost the security of your GoAnywhere environment. ...
Managed File Transfer
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Blog

What is a TFTP Server?

By Heath Kath on Mon, 03/11/2024
What is a TFTP Server? TFTP, or Trivial File Transfer Protocol lives up to its name as it is a lightweight, simple protocol used to send files across a network. The server of this “trivial” protocol allows computers in and out of an organization’s network to exchange files using TFTP. As a lightweight protocol, there is less complexity, and therefore...
Compliance
Encryption
Fast File Transfer
Managed File Transfer
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Blog

What We Learned in Our Inaugural State of Cybersecurity Survey

By Antonio Sanchez on Thu, 02/29/2024
No one knows the challenges of securing an organization like the professionals who carry that responsibility daily. We set out to better understand the things they deal with and what they plan to focus on in our inaugural 2024 Fortra State of Cybersecurity Survey. Here are five key takeaways from the survey. 81% Call Phishing and Smishing Top Security...
Threat Protection
Cloud
Encryption
Managed File Transfer
Guide

Secure Your Cloud Data

Whether you are already moving select pieces of your business to the cloud, just starting the cloud conversation, or are considering establishing a hybrid environment, you're in good company. Organizations move to the cloud in some fashion for its flexibility, scalability, and faster deployment. However, there is still hesitancy in adapting cloud technology due to security concerns as well as...
Cloud
Guide

MFT’s Role in Business: IT Leaders Weigh in

As data needs to move beyond traditional business boundaries, organizations struggle to find ways to make that happen quickly, securely, and at scale. It’s no wonder many are turning to Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions to do it. In this eBook, Fortra sits down with nine industry experts about the benefits of implementing MFT in their environments...
Cloud
Guide

Streamlining Business Operations: Harnessing the Power of MFT

Say goodbye to data transfer headaches and embrace seamless connectivity with our exclusive whitepaper on Managed File Transfer (MFT). Despite FTP often the go-to for business-to-business file transfers, inadequate FTP implementations have plagued numerous businesses with major security and management challenges. Our white paper explores how to modernize and secure your FTP framework to enhance...
Cloud
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Blog

Building Strong Software Through Third-Party and Internal Testing

By Anthony Israel-Davis on Wed, 02/21/2024
In my last post I wrote about protecting the supply chain and how strong bricks make strong walls, referencing how creating software with strong internal components and securely crafted code adds strength to the enterprises using that software. When considering any component being added into an environment, evaluating its security posture and attack...
Compliance
Managed File Transfer
On-Demand Webinar

FTP, FTPS, & SFTP: Which Protocol You Should Use and When?

Tue, 02/20/2024
FTP, FTPS, and SFTP are three key file transfer protocols, but do you know which protocol is best for securing your organization’s sensitive data?  This webinar explores the differences between these protocols to help you determine which is best for your organization’s data transfer needs.  
Managed File Transfer
Secure FTP
Colleagues discussing on-prem or cloud for their file transfer needs
Blog

On-Premises vs. Cloud: Which File Transfer Method is Best for You?

By Heath Kath on Thu, 02/15/2024
If your organization is debating between on-premises and cloud deployment for your business-critical file transfer needs, there are a few considerations around compliance, resources, and infrastructure to help you determine which option makes the most sense for your organization. “If you’re already using an on-premises solution, any discussion of a...
Cloud
Fast File Transfer
Managed File Transfer
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How MFT Solves Email Attachment Problems

Thu, 02/08/2024
Managed File Transfer (MFT) future-proofs an organization’s ability to send files at the speed of business and break free of the limiting constraints of email attachments.
Managed File Transfer
Guide

GoAnywhere Interactive Demo

Thu, 02/01/2024
If your organization spends too much time scripting or formulating workflows for your file transfer processes or when integrating form data into those processes, Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT can add simplicity and security to both of these tasks. Take a look at the Advanced Workflow and Secure Forms features in GoAnywhere when you view this interactive tour.
Managed File Transfer
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MFT Security Champions: First Responders for Solution Security

By Chris Spargen on Wed, 01/31/2024
What is a Security Champion? Software users have expectations that the solution they choose to execute key business functions is continually being assessed for security, among other attributes. One role within security-conscious organizations that helps proactively meet those expectations is that of Security Champion. According to industry...
Managed File Transfer
Case Study

Healthcare Company Boosts File Transfer Security with Scanning Solution

A private, nonprofit health company and one of the largest healthcare organizations in the southern United States takes advantage of the security, automation, encryption, and ease of use of their managed file transfer solution, Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT. However, they had no reliable way to scan the personal and sensitive patient files they transferred daily for threats as those files moved in and out of their network.
Managed File Transfer
On-Demand Webinar

Strengthen Your Defense: Updated GoAnywhere Hardening Best Practices

By Chris Spargen
Strengthen your security defenses. Our Strengthen Your Defense: Updated GoAnywhere Best Practices customer webinar on zeroes in on GoAnywhere’s updated hardening and architecture guides, which details the best practices and configurations to help you further boost the security of your GoAnywhere environment.Fortra’s Chris Spargen, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, covers:Updates to the most...
Automation
Managed File Transfer
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Blog

Sharing Financial Files: Benefits of MFT

By Heath Kath on Thu, 01/18/2024
Financial file matters matter. Not only are these files a top priority to the banks and financial institutions that handle millions of transactions daily, they also matter to the industry’s compliance regulators, and to the public trusting that their financial information is secured. How organizational and personal financial data is handled and...
Threat Protection
Automation
Cloud
Compliance
Encryption
Fast File Transfer
Large File Transfer
Managed File Transfer