Secure File Transfer

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With internal and external mandates demanding that business processes be secure, documented, and auditable, companies are clamoring to impose order over enterprise file transfer.

Data drives business. The data at the core of the business process needs to move 24x7, be continually available, and absolutely protected from theft or alteration. Companies must know who, what, when, and where – and all file transfer activity must be auditable at the most granular level.

File Transfer Security: A Corporate Imperative

Securing enterprise file transfer is an imperative for organizations with information at their core, but what exactly does security entail? Rudimentary approaches might assume that it is enough to simply secure the data tunnels (FTP wrapped in a secure shell, for example), but secure file transfer is much more than that.

Truly-secure enterprise file transfer requires a multi-phased approach that includes the following:

Encryption:

in-stream encryption for maximized security; support for multiple encryption algorithms including AES (Rijndael), DES, 3DES, and Blowfish

End-to-end Delivery:

most data breaches don't happen as the files are in transit but rather at either end of the transmission. FTP servers are notoriously vulnerable to hacking; DMZs are also susceptible to compromise

Auditability:

detailed audit logs and other granular reports must be available and easily accesible for any historical time period

Access Management:

strong authentication and authorization of users

Multi-protocol Support:

support for a variety of popular protocols (e.g., HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, FTPS (SSL), and SFTP (SSH) – this increases the organization's flexibility

Centralized Control:

the solution must offer an easy way to centrally monitor and control the movement of all information across the enterprise

Automation:

by decreasing the number of manual actions required, and by automating authorization, execution, processing, monitoring, and logging, an organization can increase overall data security

Secure and Consolidate Enterprise File Transfer

CyberFusion Integration Suite (CFI), from Proginet, is an advanced secure file transfer solution that enables IT organizations to securely consolidate all enterprise file-transfer activity. The solution supports strong authentication including PKI and x.509, access controls at user/group levels, selectable levels of encryption, full auditing on all transfers, and detailed compliance reports – maximizing security and control, and significantly simplifying mandate compliance.

Leading institutions worldwide use CFI to secure their enterprise file-transfer activity. Learn more about CFI and how to tie down the security of every file transfer in your enterprise.