How To Send Large Files

How To: Send Large Files

The best method for sharing large files depends on multiple factors, all unique to your organization or the data you’re trying to share:

Sending Large Files Over Email: Tips and Tricks

• Zip your files to shrink the attachment size
• Send multiple files separately, or split up your file and attach portions to individual emails
• Reduce any images – however, this could affect the quality, so avoid reducing image size if it’s an essential print or web piece
• Sign up for a file sharing app and share a link to the file rather than sending the large file itself
• Use a secure email module that allows anyone in your organization to send ad-hoc email messages with no size or file type restriction

Secure Email for Sending Large Files

Options like Secure Mail lets anyone send ad-hoc email messages and files simply, with no size or file type restriction.

How it works:

1. Draft a message in the Secure Mail module or Outlook plug-in.
2. Attach your files – of any size. These are immediately encrypted to protect the sensitive data they contain.
3. Once you send the message, the recipient will get an email with a unique link to the secure “package.” Then, through a secure HTTPS connection, the recipient can download the message and files.

For the especially security-conscious, file transfers sent through Secure Mail can be password protected, given an expiration date, and/or allow a certain number of downloads before the files within are deleted.

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Secure File Transfer Protocol Options

• SFTP – Best for preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information while data is in transit
• FTPS – Choose from two security modes within FTPS to ensure security
• AS2 – A popular option in the retail industry for securely transferring EDI
• HTTPS – Protect web visitors’ identities and keep uploaded data
• MFT – A method that encompasses all of the above, and more

More about these secure file transfer alternatives to FTP

What is Secure File Transfer?

Sending Large Files Securely with Managed File Transfer

Managed file transfer is a secure option that gives you the flexibility to both automate batch files and send one-off emails with absolute security. No file size is off-limits, and built-in features take the pressure out of tracking, auditing, and compliance:

• Unlimited file size transfers: Big files don’t stump an MFT tool, and you have access to features that give you multiple large file transfer options, including Secure Mail, Folders, batch, and ad-hoc sharing.
• Email options: GoAnywhere’s Secure Mail lets employees easily send confidential messages and files as secure HTTPS links. Just as easy as sending a standard email.
• Volume capacities: Multiple big files? No problem. High visibility and scalability can handle the load.
• Automation: Reduce time spent on sending files and set up automated file transfers for routine sharing.
• Auto-resume: Provides peace of mind when it comes to network connectivity. If the network has a problem mid-file, many MFT solutions pause and resume when it’s resolved – no more “transfer failed” messages or recipients asking where their file is.
• Security: A secure file transfer solution encrypts information at all stages – at rest and during transit.
• Audit logs and reports: If a file ever fails to send, find out before your intended recipient. Plus, if compliance regulations and privacy laws impact your operation, GoAnywhere MFT easily tracks and reports all file transfer activity.
• Easy access: Through a single, user-friendly web browser dashboard, authorized users can transfer big files anywhere, anytime.
• Speed: Accelerate large file transfers over UDP data channels.

GoAnywhere MFT offers secure file transfers through a centralized, enterprise-level approach. Data sent through the solution is kept safe during the transfer as well as at rest through industry standard protocols like FTPS and SFTP and Open PGP and AES encryption. With GoAnywhere in place, data sent is more secure, simplified, and meets compliance stipulations. MFT is the best way to send and share large files securely.

Content Collaboration & Secure File Sharing

Sending files to specific recipients is one way to get data from point A to point B. But using a shared app or folder can facilitate collaborative changes. Many cloud-based file sharing tools, like Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and Dropbox, make sharing large files simple. Upload files to the platform and simply assign users access to individual documents or entire folders. Most file sharing tools limit your storage space based on the subscription plan, but still make sharing large files straightforward.

For organizations that need to exchange large files securely with internal users but want to avoid the cost and lack of security controls that come with a mainstream file sharing product, there are options! Consider secure file sharing tools like GoAnywhere’s Secure Mail, Secure Folders, or GoDrive to support your internal file transfer requirements. All of these are affordable, practical, and easy to use.

Learn more about large file transfers for peer-to-peer exchange

Enterprise File Sharing

Also known as EFSS, Enterprise File Sync and Sharing tools help organizations of all sizes sync and share information in the cloud, on-premise, and across multiple locations. An advanced EFSS allows your users to access shared files remotely, from wherever they happen to be working.

Don’t let the word enterprise scare you off from EFSS if you’re a small business. Enterprise solutions are well-suited solutions to help organizations adhere to business-related security standards and compliance regulations.

Why Use Collaboration, Sharing, and Sync Tools for File Security?

1. Whether you’re sending files in bulk, collaborating on a sensitive document, simply need to send large files – or perhaps all three – a secure file share tool worth implementing should let you easily share files securely in a variety of ways.
2. They’re primed to helping organizations comply with data security laws and regulations.
3. They integrate seamlessly with other data security solutions for more layers of protection around your files and file transfer.
4. Some enterprise file sharing solutions combine the convenience of file sharing with the security of a file transfer tool; using a centralized tool makes managing your file sharing and transfer needs easy.
5. Unlimited file sharing: with an enterprise file sharing solution or collaboration tool, you’re not limited by arbitrary file size limits or any number of files you can send every day, week, month, or year, so business can run smoothly – no more last-minute scrambles for a way to get your data to the right people.