File Transfer & Information Security Blog

Secure Shell (SSH) has been used for many years to remotely access systems, and a common need has been to transfer files to those systems, along with a standard terminal connection.

Nope, I haven’t lost my mind. “One is secure, the other isn’t,” you claim. But there’s more to it than that.

Today marks System Administration Appreciation Day 2020, which means it is time to celebrate all the hard and rigorous work of SysAdmins.

In today’s evolving workplace environment, companies like yours are more vulnerable than ever. 

Sometimes private or sensitive data is sent over email without much thought towards who may be able to access that data other than the intended recipient.

What does the new merger of GoAnywhere and Globalscape mean for the managed file transfer market?

Sending large files by email was never a practical solution as there are too many variables involved between the sender and recipient.

The rapid digitization of manufacturing, especially with the interconnectivity of IoT, has resulted in novel and unprecedented cybersecurity risks.

Recently, I had a chance to talk with Arun Vishwanath about social engineering, legacy systems, and security vulnerabilities on home devices, such as routers, on the Defrag This podcast.

In this article, we will explore common scenarios and how Robocopy can be used to make system administrators' lives easier. Using version 10.0.18362 for this article and is the version that comes with Windows 10 1903.

Does your business rely on the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to enable remote users to exchange files with each other and with customers and business partners? If so, it might be time to consider another approach!

WinMerge is an exceptionally useful and open source differencing and merging tool for Windows.

With most office workers still working at home, the network has now become the major linkage between employees and their jobs.

If you’re considering a new career in IT security or looking to move up the job ladder, your prospects are bright. 

The importance of online collaboration took a quantum leap as the COVID-19 pandemic forced just about every office worker to stay at home.

MD5 is still being used today as a hash function even though it has been exploited for years. In this article, we discuss what MD5 is; it's history, and how it is used today. 

As lockdown measures and stay-at-home orders were launched to curb virus spread, IT found themselves with a slew of new responsibilities.

It has taken a long time, but the medical community is finally embracing the information age. Thanks to the widespread adoption of toolsets such as Epic Systems, electronic health records (EHRs) are now making critical health information available when and where it is...

To this day, FTP (file transfer protocol) and the more secure SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) are still the most used standard to move files over the Web. It’s cost effective, quick and easy to deploy, and if used correctly in a regulated industry it keeps users...

Large scale data migrations are a grueling process. This is why multiple failovers and automation in a managed file transfer tool will be your best option in avoiding data loss or corruption.