By Erik Small -

Wow. An incredible stat for the security market in 2010.

On many levels of FTP or file transfer, this is a staggering number of instances. What file transfer processes are being used to avoid a security breach in your small, medium or large business environment?

Check out the Knowledge Transfer blog on Ipswitch File Transfer’s corporate site for more on security breaches in 2010.

• Malicious attacks still account for more breaches than human error, with hacking at 17% and insider theft at 15%
• 39% of listed breaches did not identify the cause — Indicating a clear lack of transparency and full reporting to the public
• 49% of breaches did not list number of potentially exposed records — A clear sign of inaccuracy and incompleteness of reporting
• 62% of breaches reported exposure of Social Security Numbers
• 26% of breaches involved credit or debit cards

The full blog post from Ipswitch’s Hugh Garber: 16,000,000 reported breached records in 2010

By Erik Small -

Selecting a secure file transfer method can be a very critical component of your organization’s security policy — and even a requirement! Many different industries require compliance and regulations around how data is shared, transferred, uploaded, downloaded and stored from PCs to file servers.

This concise chart below provides a breakdown of the different secure file transfer methods available in most business-grade file transfer programs.
The WS_FTP Professional Security Guide provides more information around the different layers of security.