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Top 5 FTP alternatives for businesses
Overview In our last post, we talked about the importance of applying the CIA Triad to enterprise file transfers. Interestingly, one of…
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Applying the CIA triad to your enterprise file transfer
Overview As one of the basic building blocks of information security, the CIA Triad is likewise a vital piece in establishing secure…
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The SSH/SFTP key fingerprint and its role in server authentication
When users attempt to connect to your Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server for the first time, they’ll see an alert indicating…
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How to retrieve email messages & attachments
Overview: How to Retrieve Email Messages & Attachments In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to enable your local server to automatically…
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Streamlining data transfers for state data breach notification law compliance
Overview Most US states now have their own data breach notification law. If your business operations involve the storage and transfer of…
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What could be the impact of brexit on data transfers?
Overview Will Brexit have a significant impact on data transfers involving personal information? While it’s hard speculate what the impact will be,…
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Thoughts on the rising cost of data breach and how to reduce risk
Overview Results from Ponemon’s 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study show that the price of these incidents continues to rise and that…
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How to automate SFTP downloads on the MFT server
Overview An automated SFTP download is one of the most efficient ways of downloading data from a remote server over a secure,…
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Port confusion – is security through obscurity bad?
Overview Last week, while responding to one of the tickets at our HelpDesk, I noticed that the port number used wasn’t standard.…
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Stonebranch and JSCAPE announce partnership to automate, secure and simplify B2B file transfer
Atlanta, GA, May 25, 2016 – Stonebranch, a modern workload automation solution provider that simplifies mission-critical IT business processes, and JSCAPE, a…
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Apply digital signatures on AS2 messages without HTTPS
Overview Although you can run AS2 over HTTPS in order to provide encryption, authentication, data integrity, and non-repudiation to your EDI exchanges,…
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Why SHA2 certificates are imperative in secure file transfers
Overview Over the last few months, we’ve been receiving a growing number of inquiries on how to enable support for SHA2 certificates…
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Providing network services from an internal network while prohibiting inbound connections
Overview Some organizations that deal with exceptionally sensitive information need to employ very stringent access restrictions to their internal networks. While a…
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Mapping FTP, FTPS, or SFTP server drives to samba
Overview There are a couple of reasons why you’ll want to map file transfer server drives to Samba shares. Maybe your users…
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How to get your MFT server email each user a list of old files
Overview Some time in the past, we showed our readers how to set up a managed file transfer server so that it…
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Simplifying MFT server clustering and high availability through global datastores
Overview The latest release of JSCAPE MFT Server (9.3) has a new way of storing all configuration and message data; one that…
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Using tags to restrict administrative access to certain data in your MFT server
Overview In our last post,we talked about how you could get more granular when delegating administrative privileges on your MFT Server by…
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Get more granular when delegating admin privileges on your MFT server
Overview Many MFT server deployments are being managed by multiple administrators. But because these admins usually have different tasks and responsibilities, there’s…
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Key provisions of the Trans-Pacific partnership
Overview The Trans-Pacific Partnership has drawn a tsunami of reactions both for and against it. For sure, it’s going to be a…
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What the EU-US safe harbor is all about and how it may affect your business
Overview As of this writing, the United States and European Union are in the thick of negotiations for a new Safe Harbor…
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Want to do direct EDI communications? secure these first
Overview There are two ways of exchanging EDI messages. You can do it directly or you can course it through a third…
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SSL vs SSH – a Not-So-Technical comparison
Overview The most widely used secure file transfer protocols, SFTP and FTPS, get their security from underlying protocols. SFTP from SSH and…
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EDI transmission types every trading partner should know
Overview In order to conduct Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions with a trading partner, businesses need a way of transmitting their EDI…
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What EDI is and why it’s easier to implement than ever before
Overview: What EDI Is Although already in existence for about 40 years, EDI is not yet as widespread as it ought to…
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Schedule file synchronization between servers
This post talks about the benefits of setting up automated file synchronization between two servers and how to do it using JSCAPE…
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What is EDI x12?
Overview Most industries in the US use the EDI X12 standard for electronic data interchange. So if you’re looking to perform automated…
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Adding email notification to a file transfer server antivirus upload scan
Overview When your server antivirus detects malware infection on a recent file upload, what would you like it to do? In our…
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Automating an upload virus scan using a windows file transfer server and kaspersky
Overview A couple of years ago, we wrote a 3-part tutorial showing how you could automate FTP virus scans with Kaspersky Antivirus.…
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How to get your MFT server email you a list of old files
Overview> We already taught you how to set up your MFT server to automatically delete old files and zip old files. Would…
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How to use a windows FTP client for secure downloads
Despite FTP’s vulnerabilities, many Windows users still use FTP clients for transferring files over the Internet. If you really have to keep…
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SSL vs. TLS | Knowing the Difference Between SSL and TLS
SSL vs. TLS Overview SSL and TLS have many similarities. That’s why, in most software applications, they’re configured together as “SSL/TLS”. However,…
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Uploading a 2nd file only if the 1st succeeds – using 1 trigger
Overview In our previous post, we showed you how to use two triggers to upload a second file only if the first…
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Uploading a 2nd file only if the 1st succeeds – using 2 triggers
Overview In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to set up automated file transfers wherein a second file is uploaded only if…
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10 things you can do with an MFT server – an infographic
Just an infographic to help you quickly understand what a managed file transfer server does. If you found this useful, feel free…
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Demystifying SMTP ports: when to use port 25, 587, 465 or 2525
When you’re tasked with configuring Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) settings to connect to an email server, you need to get two…
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What is two factor (2 step) authentication?
Overview Passwords (even strong ones) can sometimes fall into the wrong hands. To minimize the risk of granting access to an impersonator…
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7 things CEOs can do to stay clear of the waves of data breaches
Overview The departure of Avid Life Media (Ashley Madison’s parent company) CEO Noel Biderman wasn’t the first time an executive resigned due…
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Forwarding files from FTP to an SFTP server with JSCAPE
JSCAPE is pleased to announce the release of AnyClient 4.2. This release includes several new features and enhancements, highlights of which include:
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How to send big files for eDiscovery
Overview Ever since amendments were made to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to introduce eDiscovery, litigants and litigators have been struggling…
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What is a key exchange?
Overview Before any files can be securely sent over protocols like FTPS, HTTPS, and SFTP, the two communicating parties must engage in…
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Understanding the limitation of IRS’ “Get transcript” Multi-Step authentication
Overview The multi-step authentication system used to secure the IRS “Get Transcript” application required several pieces of data that only the taxpayers…
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A key takeaway from the IRS data breach
Recently, we learned that the total number of accounts that may have been compromised in the IRS data breach might have exceeded…
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The impact of system downtime – 5 consequences
Overview The cost and impact of system downtime is rapidly rising. This is primarily due to businesses’ increasing dependence on data and…
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FTP automation without using scripts
Overview FTP automation is usually achieved by employing scripts or batch files. There’s an easier way to do it.
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Benefits of a scheduled file transfer and how to set one up
Overview Scheduled file transfers can help you make more efficient use of time, computing resources, and bandwidth. If you want to know…
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SCP vs. SFTP: 9 key comparisons
Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) are both widely accepted alternatives to the enduring but highly vulnerable File…
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SMTP vs IMAP vs POP3 – knowing the difference
Overview Your ability to send and receive emails is largely due to 3 TCP protocols: SMTP, IMAP, and POP3. If you’ve got…
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How to use public key authentication with partners
Overview Several months ago, we published a tutorial crafted to help network/server administrators prepare trading partners for SFTP automation. That article lacked…
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