File Transfer & Information Security Blog

With ‘social distancing’ a familiar term to most of us at this point, many companies have allowed their employees to work from home, given that the alternative is to cease operations entirely. But it brings a myriad of IT problems.

The Dark Triad brings together three types of online cyber attacks: hacking, misinformation, and trolling. While they can each work independently, they usually feed off each other and become especially potent when working in concert.

With entire workforces and student bodies at all levels of education now logging in from home, deploying Single Sign-On and Multi-factor Authentication is as important as ever. 

Now, more than ever is a time to learn how to scout for and also choose the best job for you. With the pandemic still raging at the time of this writing, many people are out of jobs and on the hunt.

The Windows registry can be a goldmine for attackers and clueless employees. There’s no place better suited for introducing security vulnerabilities or completely screwing up a Windows system than the registry.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) has been around since 1999, but it doesn't just affect financial services, it also requires higher education to comply.

In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to get started with GitHub Actions by creating an Actions workflow to invoke tasks in a job.

If you work in IT, or if you're in any position to evaluate and choose IT tools, chances are you're familiar with the names Gartner and Forrester.

The latest news and lockdowns around the world may seem drastic to some managers, but the reality is that working from home is the future for all office workers.

Businesses must consider all the data security implications when dealing with eWaste. Many companies are now opting to shred old equipment on top of using tools to wipe storage devices.

Call it Identity Management (IDM), Identity Access Management (IdAM), or even IAM; IT is responsible for its implementation and ongoing maintenance.

In this article, we discuss what the HIPAA Omnibus Rule is and how it relates to HIPAA and HITECH.

At its simplest, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a rudimentary method of moving files from one location on a network to another. 

Azure Bastion can best be described as a managed jump host. A jump host, also called a jump box, is a virtual machine that's placed on a virtual network. This article describes how to get started with Azure Bastion.

In cloud computing generally and in Microsoft Azure specifically, the shared responsibility model means that both Microsoft and you (the customer) have a role to play in ensuring service high availability.

Disclaimer: This post should not be used to determine your CCPA obligations and does not offer legal advice. It is designed to inform, raise some questions and lead you to investigate further by consulting with attorneys with relevant experience in data privacy laws and...

In this article, I’m going to show you how you can build an entire Azure lab setup with a single line of PowerShell.

This article provides the detailed features comparison needed when the need for file transfer moves from occasional to operational.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was introduced in 1996, and compliance was (and indeed is) necessary for all U.S. healthcare organizations.

In today's tutorial, I'll teach you how to get started with Azure Firewall, Microsoft's cloud-native managed firewall appliance. Call it firewall-as-a-service if you'd like. Let's begin!