By ADuch -

What can we take away from the recent Zappos breach? Lucky for us, InformationWeek listed 8 lessons that all businesses should learn from the Zappos situation.

Lesson 1: Advance planning mitigates breach fallout

Lesson 2: Create a response plan in advance

Lesson 3: Issue a clear, timely warning

Lesson 4: Secure stored credit card data

Lesson 5: Notify customers in multiple ways

Lesson 6: Think of non-U.S. customers

Lesson 7: Tap external sites if necessary

Lesson 8: Pick the right breach support channels

For more details on each rule, please visit InformationWeek or click here.

By ADuch -

Visibility can be described in a number of different ways, but what does visibility mean when you’re talking about files and data flowing into, within and out of your company.

Here is the Ipswitch File Transfer definition.

Visibility:  “Unobstructed vision into all data interactions, including files, events, people, policies and processes”

For more on visibility, please visit the Knowledge Transfer Blog at Ipswitch File Transfer (the Planet’s parent company) and view the Ipswitch File Transfer video below.

By Erik Small -

With the growing number of ‘devices’ available to us, the number of ways we can connect and share information is ever increasing.

Here is a great read from the Knowledge Transfer blog at Ipswitch File Transfer (the Planet’s parent company).

Information Sharing Wake-Up Call: Customers Now Pushing Organizations to Reconsider How They Transfer Sensitive Files

In a new report from Ipswitch, findings revealed that employees are using risky workarounds to share information and avoid corporate information-sharing roadblocks:

• Personal Email: 60 percent of individuals said they use personal email to send sensitive files because their company systems hinder productivity, a major compliance and security risk.  And 50 percent of those people admitted to using personal email as a means to hide sensitive information from management.

• Remote Devices: Employees are also relying on remote devices – like USB drives and smart phones – to transfer information that can’t be handled by corporate systems. More than 25 percent of employees have lost a USB drive containing confidential information.  Even worse: Out of that 25 percent, 40 percent said they did not report the lost device to the IT department.

By Erik Small -

If your organization needs to manage and enforce email processes around data privacy, authentication and data loss prevention, take a look at WS_FTP Server Ad Hoc Transfer Module.

The Ad Hoc Transfer module enables secure person-to-person file transfer using a Web browser or Microsoft Outlook. It provides complete visibility into all file transfer activities to help companies audit and report on all of these collaborative file interactions.

Try a hosted demo of this technology for free. Just fill out the form information and you’ll be provided with a login credentials:

http://www.ipswitchft.com/resources/hostedeval

By Erik Small -

We often talk about security on File Transfer Planet. How could we not? Beyond traditional FTP, there are many highly-secure solutions leveraging the core function of FTP. News of a significant data breach involving Sony is taking shape this week.

A lawsuit has been filed against Sony as news coverage expands around what possibly could be a larger security breach than TJX’s unfortunate breach in 2007.

The breach may involve roughly 75 million Sony PlayStation Network customers — billing addresses, usernames/passwords, email addresses, birthdays, and transaction histories.

Ipswitch’s Hugh Garber is closely following the data breach coverage on the Knowledge Transfer Blog from Ipswitch File Transfer.

By Erik Small -

If you haven’t already heard, email marketing firm Epsilon fell victim to a security breach. The company manages millions of email addresses and campaigns for a long list of clients…like Walgreens, Target, Best Buy, Brookstone and many other big names. We don’t have details on the exact method or failure point of the security breach, but this sort of news perks our ears at FileTransferPlanet.
Read the latest post regarding the Epsilon security breach from Ipswitch’s Hugh Garber.

By Erik Small -

WS_FTP Server Ad Hoc Transfer Module for Person-to-Person secure file transfer

By Erik Small -

Ipswitch just released WS_FTP Server 7.5.1, a new version of their secure file transfer server software line.  WS_FTP Server can now be deployed in a failover configuration to achieve high availability for increased uptime and reliability.

The new update also introduces:

• Multiple SSH keys per authenticated user: A single user may now authenticate with two, three, or more different SSH client keys, allowing for multi-factor authentication without the administrative hassle of key replication and coordination.
• New operating system support: Microsoft 64-bit only “R2” operating systems in English & German.  We also now support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in German.

Read more about the latest version of WS_FTP Server from Ipswitch!

By Erik Small -

Our parent company, Ipswitch, just released a maturity model that displays the different stages of file transfer processes.

It’s a great resource for IT Directors & Managers if they are trying to understand which solution and functionality might best fit their IT Project if it relates to FTP, moving large files, or securing data during transfers from location to location.

Take a look and bookmark it!

Ipswitch File Transfer Launches Managed File Transfer Maturity Model

http://www.ipswitchft.com/Company/news.aspx?pressid=180

By Erik Small -

A brief reminder that the File Transfer Planet Forums are now fixed (had a small issue for those trying to create a new registration profile).

Also, don’t forget to utilize the FTP Guides and share with friends. They include basic information on FTP, how to setup an FTP Server, or simply transfer files from your FTP client to a Server/Host.

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