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How Are You Doing with PCI DSS v4.0 Compliance?

Image As of March 31, 2024, organizations in the payments industry will need to comply with all new PCI DSS v.4.0 requirements. Find out what the new obligations will be, how to tie them into your enterprise, and how Fortra can help. For many organizations, 2024 will be a big year. Aside from focusing on increasing revenues, market...
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How MFT Helps the Insurance Industry Secure Files

Image 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...
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Hardening Your MFT Environment: A File Security Essential

Image 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,...
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What is a TFTP Server?

Image 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...
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What We Learned in Our Inaugural State of Cybersecurity Survey

Image 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...
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Building Strong Software Through Third-Party and Internal Testing

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

Image 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...
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Sharing Financial Files: Benefits of MFT

Image 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...
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Transferring Government Files: MFT Addresses Biggest Challenges

Image Whether big government or small, assuring the security of files in the public sector is of utmost importance for security, as well as assuring any information from citizens is protected. According to 2021 US Census data, there are 90,000 government entities. Protecting the data these agencies handle is admittedly a big lift. ...
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WAFs Add Layer of Security When Using Web-based Apps

Image If your organization uses any web applications to conduct essential business functions to boost productivity and collaboration, and provide an easy, customer friendly way to deliver services, you should consider solutions that incorporate a WAF, or Web Application Firewall. A WAF is a firewall specifically targeting the...
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Secure Cloud File Transfers: Best Practices for Organizations

Image In today's data-driven world, organizations increasingly rely on the cloud to transfer files securely and efficiently. Whether you are working in a pure cloud environment, a hybrid setup, or leveraging Managed File Transfer as a Service (MFTaaS), ensuring the security of your file transfers is paramount. In this blog, we'll...
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Considerations for Cloud File Transfers

Image Whether your organization is debating on moving your file transfer process entirely to the cloud, adopting a hybrid environment, or using a hosted SaaS solution, review the considerations below to help better clarify and get the organizational support needed for a cloud-based file transfer solution.  There are no absolute right...
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Protecting Vital Government Information with MFT

Image When it comes to information security, few industries top the government – at all levels – when it comes to requirements and compliance designed to protect the sensitive data it collects, manages, and exchanges. And while it may seem like just more red tape, these standards and requirements are for the benefit of the people as...
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Collaboration Tools Like Box.com vs. MFT: What Do You Really Need?

Image Collaboration tools like Box.com and managed file transfer (MFT) tools like GoAnywhere MFT, are not the same. Both, however, have unique advantages, depending on your organization’s requirements around data. Box is a cloud-based tool for organizational teams to collaborate, manage, and store content. GoAnywhere MFT is a secure...
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5 Ways that MFT Helps the Finance Industry

Image 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. ...
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What is DORA and How Can Organizations Comply?

Image Staying abreast of compliance requirements, even if they are not directly specified for your country, is still important, as your organization could be impacted, should you have offices in the affected country or provide services to an organization in countries where the regulations apply. What is the DORA Regulation? DORA, or...
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How Does MFT Help Your Business in the Cloud?

Image An increasing number of people are switching to cloud infrastructure for their businesses, and there are good reasons to do so. As an abundance of companies has already transitioned to the cloud, migrations are increasingly taking place within the cloud, as these organizations migrate between different cloud providers (known as...
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5 Key Challenges of Cloud Data Transfer in 2023

Image Many of the most revolutionary technological advances, such as AI, IoT, and remote/hybrid work, have been made possible by the widespread adoption of cloud computing. Cloud computing eliminates the need to purchase and maintain the costly hardware and software systems normally necessary for such resource-intensive programs....