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Cybersecurity Threats Continue to Evolve; Apply Best Practices to Address

Cybersecurity is an arena that is ever-changing – from the actual threats posed, to the astoundingly creative ways to nab sensitive data, to the solutions and best practices organizations need to adopt to meet the changing challenges head on.Each week, if not day, a new article, tweet, or blog post comes out that warns of a new data security event,...
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Why is it Smart to Bundle Cybersecurity Solutions?

When it comes to cybersecurity, joining the individual strengths of separate solutions to defend against cybersecurity threats is just smart business.What are Some Recommended File Security Pairings?There’s no question that cybersecurity worries are at the top of the list for many organizations and their IT teams. As this Canalys Newsroom article...
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5 Ways that MFT Helps the Finance Industry

Managed file transfer (MFT) empowers organizations to reliably and securely exchange electronic data between systems and comply with various regulatory requirements. With MFT solutions, you can confidently facilitate internal and external enterprise data transfers, including sensitive, compliance-protected, or high-volume data. The financial...
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Do More with Less: How to Improve Efficiency with MFT

With the employment environment changing nearly every week, the ability of teams to do more with less – whether that’s a smaller budget or head count – is more important than ever. Incorporating smart technology solutions, such as managed file transfer (MFT) is a proactive, efficient move to help your organization better secure the lifeblood of your...
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Agents offer Remote, Automated File Transfer Solutions

Call my agent! What might be a long shot in Hollywood is a sure thing when it comes to managed file transfers (MFT). MFT agents are lightweight applications that do a lot of heavy lifting to automate your file transfers and workflows – remote and on-premises – throughout your enterprise, saving you time and money. If your organization needs to...
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How MFT Helps Collaboration in Hybrid Environments

Whether your organization’s employees are back in the office at their desks full time, or more commonly pop into your brick-and-mortar location two to three times a week in hybrid fashion, it’s important to consider how they can securely collaborate. The changing work landscape, with workers spread throughout the world, and schlepping their laptops...
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Exchanging Large Files: What You Need to Know

Sending large files to trading partners, vendors, or even within your own organization can pose security risks, delivery failures, and other problems. Exchanging those files with a user-friendly managed file transfer solution can help mitigate these issues, no matter the file size. What’s the Problem with Sending Large Files? File not delivered....
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Security and Automation Solutions for Proactive Cybersecurity

Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT is an integral part of the company’s cybersecurity offerings. Rather than operating as a singular, standalone managed file transfer (MFT) solution, GoAnywhere delivers secure file exchanges under the larger umbrella of Fortra. Formerly known as HelpSystems, the rebranded Fortra presents a simpler, stronger, more straightforward...
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Secure File Transfer vs Free File Transfer: What’s the Difference?

In today's fast-paced world, data is currency, and no one wants to wait for their money. Business runs on it, stock markets close on it, and everything needs to happen immediately, if not sooner. So why not file transfers?While that is true, there are several points to consider when just going for the fastest option. Yes, there are fast and easy...
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Fast Fashion, Fast Cars Subject to Cybersecurity Threats: This Month in Cybersecurity

October – the month when folks embrace tricks and treats – unfortunately did not disappoint when it comes to cybersecurity scares for organizations from fast fashion to fast cars. While no industry or entity is immune, a secure file transfer solution, such as GoAnywhere MFT, is one user-friendly, critical layer of cybersecurity to consider adding to...
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Education Industry: How MFT Can Help Stretch Resources

Educational institutions, from preschools to university systems, face increasing pressure on budgets as well as personnel lately. When every minute and every dollar counts, bolstering existing resources where possible can offer a bit of relief.One way to stretch those human resources is by automating some of the tasks that are repetitive, mundane, and...
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Reducing Human Error with Automated Workflow Features

82% of all illicit data disclosure is caused by human error, according to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report. A way to cut that figure is to reduce employee touchpoints and to do that, organizations are turning towards automated workflows like the ones found in GoAnywhere MFT, a managed file transfer solution (MFT). Goanywhere MFT is...
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Advantages of an Enterprise File Sharing Solution

A file transfer solution that secures and streamlines the exchange of business-critical data is obviously beneficial to organizations of any size, providing security and efficiency to the often tedious and risky process. Enterprise organizations, however, need more than just a standard file transfer solution; they need technology that matches the more...
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Australia’s Increasing Data Breach Penalties and How Secure File Transfer Can Help

Data breaches are a global phenomenon. The biggest breaches can be hugely impactful, with significant repercussions for the organization, the consumers whose data was comprised, and the industry as a whole. Australia recently saw two of the biggest data breaches in its history, and the impact from both is already being felt. The breaches involved...
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The Encryption Prescription For Healthcare

“Trust me, I’m a doctor.” The saying is overused, but there’s a ring of truth to it. We do trust doctors – with our health, the delivery of our babies, the care of our parents, and the diagnosis of our illnesses. And a lot of information in between.It’s no wonder then that this information – private, sensitive, vulnerable, valuable – is protected by...
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How to Find a File Transfer Solution for Your Cybersecurity Needs

If your organization has already gone through an assessment or a reevaluation of your cybersecurity processes, policies, and tools, chances are you confirmed a need to ensure that the mission-critical and sensitive data you exchange every day must be secured both at rest and in transit.File transfer security is a key element of a comprehensive...