Case Study
Dayton Parts Automates Data Movement and Distribution with Managed File Transfer
Industry: Manufacturing
Dayton Parts knows that sending personalized price sheets to their valued customers on a regular basis is good business. This detailed personal attention continues to produce new and loyal customers. As the customer base grew, the amount of effort to create and distribute personalized price sheets began to affect productivity. Dayton Parts realized they needed to automate...
Case Study
WellSouth’s Primary Care is in Health and Keeping Their Communities’ Data Safe with GoAnywhere MFT
WellSouth is dedicated to the well-being of others and servicing their communities with better health and improved care. Along with their commitment to the health of their local communities, WellSouth is also committed to keeping data secure and complying with key regulations.
Guide
Why Automating Encryption and Decryption Makes Good Cybersecurity Sense
Not every message or piece of data is for everyone’s eyes. That’s the basic premise of why organizations need encryption. But how does it work? Do you need different types of encryption for different situations? Can encryption be integrated with your existing business technologies?
Our guide, Why Automating Encryption and Decryption Makes Good Cybersecurity Sense, offers a quick read of the...
Case Study
Meliá Hotels International Gains File Transfer Stability and Confidence with GoAnywhere MFT
Adding GoAnywhere MFT to their IT environment for secure file transfers was the remedy Melia needed. GoAnywhere allowed Meliá Hotels International to integrate these third-party exchanges into the same tool as the rest of their transfers, without making any protocol changes, and with added security through its built-in SFTP and Secure Forms capabilities.
Guide
How Managed File Transfer Addresses HIPAA Requirements for ePHI
As the healthcare industry transitions from primarily using paper documents and patient charts to electronic health records (EHR), the need for a secure and reliable method of sharing electronic protected health information (ePHI) has increased.
Get the guide to learn how a managed file transfer solution can help meet HIPAA's PHI requirements and protect your organization internal protected...
Guide
HIPAA Data Security Best Practices
Working in partnership with HealthIT Security, Fortra compiled and curated this informative white paper on the top technical, administrative, and policy expectations stemming from HIPAA.
Gain a strong understanding of the types of privacy and security measures that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will be looking for so your organization can better...
Guide
Five Ways to Improve ePHI for HIPAA/HITECH with Managed File Transfer
The healthcare industry is under increasing pressure to make health information more accessible to both patients and healthcare providers, while simultaneously ensuring that patient data remains private and secure.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions can provide the security, control, and visibility that can help the healthcare industry address the current challenges related to the electronic...
Blog
What Do Emerging Data Privacy Laws in the U.S. Mean for You?
By Heath Kath on Tue, 07/26/2022
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...
Blog
HIPAA vs. HITRUST: The Key Differences
By Heath Kath on Wed, 04/13/2022
What is HIPAA?
HIPPA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law that addresses regulatory compliance for healthcare organizations. HIPAA sets the standard for protecting sensitive patient data and applies to any company that deals with protected health information (PHI).
HIPAA requires healthcare...
Press Release
Fortra to Acquire Alert Logic to Enable Customers to Address Cybersecurity Skills Shortage with Hybrid IT Approach
MINNEAPOLIS March 9, 2022—Fortra announced today it has signed a merger agreement to acquire Alert Logic, a well-known leader in managed detection and response (MDR) services. Alert Logic works as a seamless extension of security teams, augmenting existing cybersecurity resources and technology to safeguard on-premise, cloud, SaaS, and hybrid infrastructures. The company’s MDR solution focuses on...
Blog
What is HITRUST Compliance?
By Heath Kath on Tue, 03/08/2022
HITRUST Compliance Helps to Manage Risk
The secure storage and transfer of sensitive data is of the utmost importance to the healthcare industry. Data security and complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is paramount, yet doing so can often be complex and difficult to maintain.
This is where HITRUST comes in...
Blog
Cybersecurity Concerns in Healthcare in 2022
By Heath Kath on Tue, 02/22/2022
Every year the healthcare industry is greeted with headlines stating that ‘last year was the most-breached ever.’ And that trend is unlikely to stop in 2022. The healthcare industry has historically been one of the most-targeted by hackers, and one of the most breached by internal actors. Key reasons why include vast amounts of extra sensitive...
Blog
The Top Tips for Optimizing File Transfer Productivity
By Brian Pick on Tue, 07/27/2021
The Top Two Tips for Optimizing File Transfer Productivity
Transferring data securely from point A to point B is a non-negotiable for most organizations. However, that doesn’t mean that the process needs to be tedious. Don’t get bogged down by old file transfer methods that are slow and unreliable. Rather, optimize your productivity with the...
Blog
GDPR and its Relationship with Healthcare
By Donnie MacColl on Tue, 07/13/2021
What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) establishes protections for the privacy and security of sensitive data for individuals in the European Union (EU). The data protection regulation was designed to harmonize data privacy laws throughout the EU and replaced the long-standing Data Protection Directive.
GDPR regulations...
Blog
Who is Protecting Your Healthcare Records?
By Brian Pick on Thu, 07/01/2021
Patient Privacy is in Jeopardy: Data Breaches, High Payouts, and PHI
How important is a patient's privacy? If your organization is a healthcare facility, the instinctive answer that comes to mind is "Very important!" After all, a patient's privacy is the basis upon which a doctor/patient relationship is based.
Right?
When it comes to patient data,...
Blog
The Top 10 Healthcare Data Breaches of 2020
By Heath Kath on Tue, 06/01/2021
2020 Was the Worst – in Healthcare Data Breaches
Data breaches can have catastrophic consequences on those who are unfortunate enough to suffer from one. From steep costs and/or fines (in the millions) to a ruined reputation, data breaches are not to be taken lightly. This is especially true for the healthcare industry, where sensitive patient data,...
Blog
How to Use MFT as a Workflow Automation Tool in Healthcare
By Heath Kath on Tue, 04/20/2021
When it comes to managed file transfer (MFT) solutions, organizations across industries find them valuable for policy enforcement, user access control and authorization, risk reduction, and more. And when it comes to HIPAA and HITECH requirements, MFT shines as a secure workflow automation tool.
MFT as a B2B Enabler
What makes MFT a perfect...