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File Transfers Have a Much Bigger Impact On Time-To-Market Than You Think

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

A growing number of businesses are finding it imperative to get certain products out in the market FAST. To beat extremely tight deadlines, most of them employ IT systems to accelerate business processes. Whenever these processes require file exchanges across departments, cities, or continents, file transfer systems start to play a crucial role. And that role doesn't just involve moving files from point A to point B.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS, AS2

What is a Cipher? | Understanding Encryption Algorithms

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Overview

The strength of an encryption largely depends on two components: 1) the cipher and 2) the length of the key. We already discussed key lengths in an older post. So today, let's talk about the other component.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS

What is a Digital Signature?

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Overview

Digital signatures help enforce security during data transfers. They're mainly responsible for establishing authentication, data integrity, and non-repudiation. Today, we'll be talking about the basic concepts behind digital signatures, where they're used, how they work, and why they're always an integral part of highly secure file transfers.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS, AS2

Understanding Hashing

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Overview

Hashes are essential to secure file transfers. You can find them in operations involving passwords, file integrity checks, digital signatures, digital certificate thumbprints or fingerprints, and others. But what are hashes? In this post, we'll introduce you to hashes, the concept of hashing, and its applications in various areas of security.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, FTPS

Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption

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Overview: Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Encryption

Secure file transfer protocols generally employ a combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption to preserve the confidentiality of data while in transit. So why the need for two kinds of encryption? What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric? In this post, we take a closer look at the main functions of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, their strengths, their weaknesses, and why we'd prefer having both.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, File Transfer Clients, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS

What is an SSL File Transfer? | FTP-SSL | JSCAPE MFT Server

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Overview: What is an SSL File Transfer?

SSL file transfer is a term sometimes used in referring to a secure file transfer protocol known as FTPS or FTP-SSL. FTP is a network protocol used for transferring files, while SSL is a protocol for encrypting information sent over a network. This post is meant to help users understand what FTPS is and what it is capable of doing, particularly in terms of enhancing the security of your file transfers.

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Topics: Secure File Transfer, FTPS

10 Ways to Make Server to Server File Transfers for Enterprise Use

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Overview

Server to server file transfers are usually associated with enterprise business processes. Interestingly, some of these file transfers actually don't fit the bill. In this post, we'll share some tips on how you can enhance your server to suit the stringent requirements of the enterprise.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, Triggers, FTPS, AS2

What is Secure FTP & How Does It Work? | JSACPE

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Overview

If you google the term secure FTP, most of the definitions you'll come across will fall into one of two groups: those that are just too technical and those that are simply too vague. Some, even contradicting. So if you're an average guy with a not-so-technical background, you'll be walking away with a head all tangled in arcane networking acronyms.

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Topics: Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS, FTP

10 Essential Attributes of Secure File Transfer Systems

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Overview: Secure File Transfer Systems

Normally, when people send files over the Internet, they do it through email, FTP, or cloud-based file sharing services. That's perfectly fine if the files you send don't contain sensitive information. But if they do, you would have to employ a secure file transfer solution in order to prevent possible attackers from intercepting, viewing, stealing, or altering the information you transmit.

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Topics: Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS

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