Whitepapers

Our whitepapers provide additional depth into various topics, including an SFT primer, questions to ask before selecting a SFT application, the importance of tracking and reporting transactions, and third party whitepapers authored by analysts and experts in their field.

Transferring Files: Security and Storage Concerns (ILTA Exchange 2010 Edition)
The mail server is the workhorse of one of the most used forms of modern communication. Exchange 2010, Microsoft’s latest iteration of its popular mail server, has added features and functionality that improve administration and usability across the board; however, it doesn’t address concerns posed by file transfers.

A Data Breach Pandemic (Peer to Peer Magazine)
The frequency of data breaches has accelerated in the last few years as businesses continue to expand globally, increase interactions with partners, suppliers and business associates, and collect and store more data about their customers and clients.

Understanding and Selecting the Right Secure File Transfer Solution for your Organization
Any investment in a security-centric application that involves sending confidenti al information outside an organization's borders must be vetted from both a business as well as a technology perspective. The goal of this document is to help educate both the business and technology decision makers.

Top 10 Questions to Ask when Choosing a Secure File Transfer Solution
Companies that have made an investment in a Secure File Transfer (SFT) solution have discovered it can become a central component of their communications and network infrastructure. Asking right questions before investing in an SFT solution help ensure you choose one that can handle both your immediate needs and future requirements.

Why You Need an Intelligent File Transfer Solution
Email is the default file transport system in most organizations: an Osterman Research survey conducted in 2008 found that nearly one-third of emails contain attachments and 95% of the information that flows through email systems in the typical organization is attachments. However, while email is a very easy way for users to send files, email systems were never designed to handle this load. When users send large attachments through email, it can create a variety of problems.

Secure/Managed File Transfer: Why Best-in-Class Companies are saying it's a "Must Have"
Aberdeen Group's whitepaper on SFT/MFT, and what companies are doing to protect their file transfers. Carol Baroudi looks at the demand for SFT, why FTP and email are poor substitutes, and what best-in-class companies are doing.

Secure Information Exchange in an Unsecured World
Ask a group of office workers how they would send a file securely from one person to another (with the recipient being able to easily receive and view the file), and the likelihood is that they will not know how to accomplish that task. With current federal and state mandated compliance regulations, and additional concerns about protecting personal privacy, it is becoming increasingly important to send information, data, and files securely.