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What is Secure File Sharing?

  Image What is Secure File Sharing? Secure is the operative word here. Dozens of applications allow you to transfer files – small to large – between different users or organizations. A secure file transfer solution, at its most basic, secures the movement of files while at rest and in transit confidentially – all within a protected...
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Meeting IT Security and Compliance Requirements with GoAnywhere MFT

  Image Meet your IT and compliance requirements easily with GoAnywhere MFT. GoAnywhere helps organizations and IT professionals comply with an array of strict regulations, methods, and technologies. To open a larger, clickable image, choose the "Download" option below. DOWNLOAD   Image ...
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GDPR: Understanding the 8 Rights of Data Subjects

Image Find out what these new rights mean for your organization and how you can prepare.   GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the EU’s new legal framework that replaced the EU Data Protection Directive in May 2018. While the directive was merely a recommendation, GDPR carries the force of law. The purpose...
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Why Choose Managed File Transfer Over Free File Sharing Methods?

  Image Why Choose Managed File Transfer? It’s no secret that many organizations struggle to fully protect the sensitive data their employees, customers, trading partners, and third-party vendors share. Free file sharing software and scripts are both common ways of transferring files, even though they’re not necessarily the most...
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New Zealand Healthcare Agencies Required to Eliminate Fax Machine Use and Secure Emails for Compliance by 2020

  Image   Here’s what you need to know in order to make the transition and achieve compliance with HISF Chapter 8 by 2020 Are you part of a health agency or healthcare organization in New Zealand that uses traditional fax machines or other insecure data transfer methods to share patient information and communications? If so, you’ll...
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I’ve Just Been Breached, Now What?

  Image So, you think (or perhaps you know) you’ve been breached. It’s every organization’s nightmare, and you’re living it, facing local and federal fines, upset customers, public panic, and a loss of intellectual property. A breach can be a harrowing ordeal; if you’re not sure what to do immediately after discovering the breach,...
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What is a DMZ and Why Do You Need a DMZ Secure Gateway?

  Image If you’ve watched a science-fiction movie about space travel, then you’ve likely seen some version of a scene in which an astronaut reenters their ship from the outside abyss. Because the ship exists as a haven from the dangerous environment of empty space, the astronaut cannot simply open the door and stroll directly into...
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How 3 Financial Institutions Solve File Transfer Needs with MFT Software

  Image On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the efficiency of your file transfers right now? If you use manual scripts, legacy software, or a myriad of free tools to balance your encryption, automation, cybersecurity, reporting, and collaboration needs, it’s possible you’ll rate your efficiency low on the scale. After all,...
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IT Pros in Healthcare: How to Choose a Secure File Transfer Solution

  Image Every healthcare provider wants to avoid being the next data breach headline—and unfortunately, we have seen many incidents and their consequences in 2018 so far. The causes of these data breaches range from wrongly configured databases to successful malware attacks and unauthorized user access. For those looking to avoid...
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3 Ways Your Peers are Using Secure Forms

  Image If you exchange any amount of sensitive information as paper documents, electronic PDFs, images, or spreadsheets, you know keeping track of data and ensuring it gets where it needs to go can be a challenge. And if you work with multiple parties to receive this information, like employees, vendors, clients, stakeholders, and...
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15 Ways to Avoid Document Chaos with Secure Forms

  Image Vendors, employees, customers, and trading partners exchange an abundance of files every day, often by a variety of means including mail, email, telecomm apps like Skype, shared file storage like Dropbox or Google Drive, and sometimes even SMS. While documents are an inescapable reality for busy organizations, keeping track...
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5 Best Practices for IBM i File Transfers

  Image Using IBM’s built-in FTP and Open SSH servers to transfer files to and from your IBM i systems can be time-consuming, if not simply riddled with fine details. From scripting knowledge to running specific (and sometimes obscure) commands, there’s a lot to consider—and the safety and integrity of your files is probably at the...
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30 Ways to Simplify Life with Advanced Workflows

  Image Are you using GoAnywhere’s Advanced Workflows yet? If not, you’re missing out. What are Workflows? Workflows are projects you can create in GoAnywhere MFT to define your file transfers and improve your business processes. Each project is able to contain multiple tasks that execute in a seamless end-to-end workflow. Pretty...
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Understanding the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

Image Note from the Editor: This is an older resource on GDPR. For more on the latest GDPR resources, check out our GDPR resource page. Table of Contents Introduction What is the GDPR? GDPR and the Data Protection Directive 2018: The Year of GDPR GDPR and Brexit GDPR Fines and Penalties How to...
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USPS Eliminates FTP, Requires Secure File Transfers

Early this year, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced the elimination of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) from their business practices and policies—a change that strengthens the security of their data transmissions and addresses recent audit findings. What does this mean for you? The change is still in transition for now, but after August 31, 2017, mailers and...
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How to Create a Cybersecurity Policy for Your Organization

  Image The cyberattacks and data breaches that make the news are usually the ones that happen at big corporations like TJX or Home Depot. But every organization, large or small, needs to be concerned about cybersecurity. According to Security Magazine, the average cost of a data breach for a small business is between $36,000 and ...
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HIPAA Compliance: Guide Details How MFT Helps

  Image Are your file transfers HIPAA compliant? Is your healthcare organization at risk for fines, or worse - a data breach of sensitive patient information? Many healthcare IT teams meet these broad questions with unease. After all, the ramifications of a healthcare data breach can impact organizations and individuals for years to...
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Why Healthcare Organizations Need a Secure Data Transfer Solution

The last few years were scary in terms of healthcare cybersecurity. A hack of Banner Health breached up to 3.7 million records. Another data breach at 21st Century Oncology resulted in multiple lawsuits being filed against the organization. When a third party gained unauthorized access to computer systems at Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, almost 900 thousand...
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10 Shocking PCI DSS Compliance Statistics

If you work for any organization that processes credit or debit card information, you’ve heard of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the regulatory standard aimed at preventing costly data breaches like the ones you may have heard about at Home Depot or TJX. But how much do you really know about PCI DSS compliance? Here are some interesting PCI DSS...
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3 Data Breaches That May Have Been Avoided through PCI DSS Compliance

  Image "Dear Valued Customer, As you may have heard, on September 8, 2014, we confirmed that our payment data systems have been breached, which could potentially impact customers using payment cards at our U.S. and Canadian stores."   This is an excerpt from an actual email distributed by a large retailer, in the wake of a...