It’s safe to say that the last few years have significantly increased the demand for Secure File Transfer (SFT) solutions such as GoAnywhere MFT. When the pandemic made vast numbers of the working population work from home almost overnight, there was a sudden spike in the requirement for robust and effective SFT. People needed to share documents...

If government IT departments were to debate on key cybersecurity issues, one that likely keeps people up at night is how to help ensure their sensitive, often top-secret, data is secure when being sent in and out of their network. While there may be several candidates in the running to address this cybersecurity issue, a leading solution contender...

What is SOX or Sarbanes-Oxley Act? SOX, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, was enacted by Congress in 2002 to help provide better security for the general public and consumers. It was structured to improve corporate governance and accountability and to better shield the public from malicious or unintentional misuse of financial data. Remember...

There’s plenty to be concerned about when it comes to data breaches. At top of mind, there’s always the information that’s stolen, be it customer data, personal emails, confidential files, or any other number of company secrets that are supposed to remain within the company. Then there’s the monetary cost of the data breach – the amount of...

How to Choose a File Transfer SolutionWhen it comes to software or technical solutions you’ve got options, sometimes too many of them. Thankfully, there are plenty of strategies to help you narrow down your choices and make an informed decision. You can ask an industry peer, read user reviews on any number of review sites, or request a demo or a...

It can be easy for any organization to focus only on its own concerns and challenges. But irrespective of industry or location, one thing that unites businesses is the constant threat of a cyberattack and the damage it might cause.When sovereign wealth fund companies state cybersecurity is more of a concern than the market, or when Africa launches a...

By Christopher R. Wilder Research Director & Senior Analyst, TAG Cyber Forbes Contributor Businesses are sharing more sensitive information every day. CISOs and CIOs face the challenge of securing data shared between employees, customers, and third parties. Managed file transfer (MFT) is the solution most organizations use to send and receive...

Get ready for more stringent PCI DSS compliance requirements. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) updated its version 4.0 requirements in March 2022, in large part to address increasingly sophisticated cybercriminal threats. Rapidly growing contactless and cloud-based card usage also helped nudge an update to PCI DSS requirements, which...

Transferring files between customers and trading partners, especially files containing sensitive data without appropriate data security protection solutions applied, involves at least some level of risk. You might accidentally send files to the wrong recipient. Or your latest email attachment was sent with an unsecure File Transfer Protocol (FTP)...

Exchanging Data Securely Requires Stepped Up Data Transfer MethodsExchanging data is easy, right? Just grab a file, attach it, and hit “send.” Then sit back and relax. Not so fast! If you want to securely exchange data and protect any sensitive data your files may contain, you need to send them with a secure file transfer solution that protects data...

What is Data Privacy? One can think of data privacy as all the processes involved in how confidential or personal information or data is collected, used, and shared or governed. No singular policy governs data privacy, with requirements and penalties varying across states and countries. Data privacy laws are legal constructs that set clear lines...

Bigger is often better. A bigger slice of pizza or a bigger paycheck sounds pretty nice. An extra-large data breach, not so much.Listing out the biggest data breaches of all time can be challenging, as the next big one could be right around the corner. At the time of this writing, reports are out that the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of 1...

Fireworks lighting up the sky, the smell of backyard grills cranking out delicious food, and organizations reeling from massive global cyberattacks. Aaah….those not-so-sweet memories of that first weekend in July 2021, when hundreds of businesses were smacked with the financial, logistical, and reputational ramifications of ransomware attacks. ...

June generally marks the start of summer, although anyone thinking the cyber criminals will take a few months off should probably think again. Not only has one of most sacred of summer institutions – Wimbledon – been subject to a threat, but fresh attacks and threats emerged all over the world. It’s clear that organizations must remain vigilant...

What is the Smominru Botnet? Though its origins date back to 2017, Smominru is a dangerous botnet that has been making headlines recently as it continues to spread, attacking targets in every industry. Smominru, which also operates under known variants like including Hexmen and Mykings, has infiltrated hundreds of thousands of machines,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...