FTP: Enemy Within

27 October 2009
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Industry standards and government regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and FISMA require organizations to constantly strengthen the protection of mission-critical information. With billions of dollars of annual losses attributed to security breaches, corporations are under pressure to eliminate non-secure legacy systems.

This paper explores the business and technical reasons why companies should stop using FTP and discusses alternatives for organizations to achieve fast and secure file transfers through Open Text Secure Server and Open Text SecureTerm software solutions.