Resources

Blog

Largest Data Breaches in Last 10 Years

  Image Bigger is often better. A bigger slice of pizza or a bigger paycheck sounds pretty nice. An extra-large data breach, not so much. Listing out the biggest data breaches of all time can be challenging, as the next big one could be right around the corner. At the time of this writing, reports are out that the Personally...
Blog

Lessons Learned from the REvil Ransomware Attack of 2021

  Image Fireworks lighting up the sky, the smell of backyard grills cranking out delicious food, and organizations reeling from massive global cyberattacks. Aaah….those not-so-sweet memories of that first weekend in July 2021, when hundreds of businesses were smacked with the financial, logistical, and reputational ramifications of...
Press Release

GoAnywhere Director was upgraded and renamed to GoAnywhere MFT.

In July of 2015, GoAnywhere Director was upgraded and renamed to GoAnywhere MFT, which is the next evolution in Managed File Transfer technology. GoAnywhere MFT merges workflow automation capabilities (adapted from GoAnywhere Director) with secure FTP server and collaboration features (adapted from GoAnywhere Services). This provides customers with a unified browser-based...
Blog

This Month in Cybersecurity: Summer is Here, but There’s No Vacation From Cyberattacks

  Image June generally marks the start of summer, although anyone thinking the cyber criminals will take a few months off should probably think again. Not only has one of most sacred of summer institutions – Wimbledon – been subject to a threat, but fresh attacks and threats emerged all over the world. It’s clear that organizations...
Blog

What is the Smominru Botnet?

  Image What is the Smominru Botnet? Though its origins date back to 2017, Smominru is a dangerous botnet that has been making headlines recently as it continues to spread, attacking targets in every industry. Smominru, which also operates under known variants like including Hexmen and Mykings, has infiltrated hundreds of thousands...
Press Release

Taking Steps to Proactively Address Supply Chain Security Risks

MINNEAPOLIS – June 29, 2022 – In The Logistics Point, Chris Spargen looks at how secure managed file transfer can help organizations combat data loss security risks in the supply chain. Excerpt: “For cybercriminals, supply chains represent a highly tempting target. These highly connected systems often involve the control of millions of pounds worth of payments and shipped...
Blog

End-to-End Rights Management Made Simple with SFT

  Image Digital files are the crown jewels of any organization, and end-to-end rights management is increasingly the goal of businesses who need to transfer files securely. How can organizations ensure data is secure from inception to publication, especially when third parties enter the picture? Enter secure file transfer plus...
Press Release

GoAnywhere Recognized as 2022 Top Performer in Managed File Transfer by SourceForce

MINNEAPOLIS – May 18, 2022 – Fortra today announced that its managed file transfer (MFT) solution GoAnywhere has been awarded a Spring 2022 Top Performer Award by SourceForge. The award recognizes exceptional companies and products with a significant number of favorable user reviews on the SourceForge website. “We’re delighted to see customers continue to validate GoAnywhere...
Blog

Is Your Disaster Recovery Site Ready?

  Image The old adage, "It's not a matter of if, but when" can strike fear in the heart of every IT professional, especially when talking about recovering form the unexpected impact of outages. Whether the result of a natural disaster, cybercrime impact, or large-scale network outages that dreaded downtime and the security measures...
Blog

How GoAnywhere MFT Works with SharePoint

  Image Data and documents are the lifeblood of the business and sharing that data to both external trading partners and internal stakeholders is essential. Discover how GoAnywhere works with one of today’s favorite intranet sites for teams and file sharing: SharePoint. What is SharePoint? SharePoint helps teams meet various...
Blog

How to Streamline Secure Data Exchanges

  Image Secure Data Exchanges Don't Have to Sacrifice Efficiency Hitting “send” is as routine and frequent as sipping on coffee for many employees. And uploading a file to a third-party, vendor, or another colleague happens with that same automatic mind-set. Outside of the IT team, many employees don’t actually give a lot of thought...
Blog

Comparing the Top File Transfer Protocols

  Image With dozens of file transfer protocols to choose from, how do you know which is the best for your business? Some file transfer protocol specifications are set by trading partners – method, format, and security requirements – while others are set by internal requirements. Discover the top secure file transfer methods, and how...
Press Release

GoAnywhere One of Two Gold Medal Winners for Fortra in the 2022 SoftwareReviews Managed File Transfer Data Quadrant Report

MINNEAPOLIS — April 13, 2022 — Fortra today announced that managed file transfer (MFT) solutions from GoAnywhere and Globalscape have been recognized as gold medalists in the 2022 Managed File Transfer – Enterprise Data Quadrant report from SoftwareReviews, a division of IT research and consulting firm Info-Tech Research Group. GoAnywhere MFT retained its spot as the market...
Blog

Choosing MFT Software Based on User Reviews

  Image Humans use reviews for pretty much everything – hiring a company, making a purchase, even applying for a job. Reviews give us insight into what someone – presumably someone like us, if they’re currently using the same thing we’re shopping for – thinks of a product: how they liked it, what their experience is, and what could...
Blog

5 Ways Government Can Improve Cybersecurity Resilience

  Image Cybersecurity for Government is Crucial In these trying times government agencies everywhere must be resilient when it comes to cybersecurity. Cyber resilience is an organization’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber threats. A cyber-resilient organization can adequately adapt to known and unknown...
Blog

ModernCTO Podcast with Chris Spargen - Seamless Managed File Transfer

Chris Spargen, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager for HelpSystems (now Fortra), was recently featured on the ModernCTO Podcast. In the interview, Spargen discusses how MFT technology has rapidly evolved to be more user friendly and how the company’s MFT solutions can secure, automate, and encrypt file transfers in an ever-increasing threat environment. Listen below: ...
Blog

Shadow IT and Work From Home: The Risks and Solutions

  Image Working 9 to 5 is no longer the only way to make a living, and for the foreseeable future, organizations parking most of their employees at a particular desk Monday through Friday is looking less and less likely. Working from home, at least as part of a hybrid organizational structure, is here to stay. Whether working from...
Blog

Tainted Love, Ransomware, and More: This Month in Cybersecurity

  Image February, while a short month, was long on cybersecurity threats. Read on for a few of the high- (well, low-lights) as well as for some resources from GoAnywhere MFT on how you can help secure your sensitive data files while they are in motion and in transit. Love Hurts The search for love turned up more than potential...
Blog

What is a PGP File?

  Image What is PGP and What is It Used For? PGP is short for Pretty Good Privacy and it’s one of the most widely used technologies for encrypting and authenticating files. It can help encrypt, decrypt, authenticate, and verity various file types including emails, files, directories, disk partitions, and more. PGP, along with its...
Blog

How Businesses Can Collaborate Securely with GoDrive

  Image Collaborating or sharing information lies at the very heart of business. Securing these information exchanges, however, requires more than a firm handshake. The information your organization owns is priceless, so it’s vital to ensure that it is accessed, manipulated, and shared only by authorized individuals and with security...