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Page 1: A Managed File Transfer (MFT) Alternative to Shadow IT

Is Your MFT Ready for Digital?

15 USED

AUTHORIZED1 Cloud Services

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81% of line-of-business employees admitted to using unauthorized SaaS applications

With 38%deliberately using unsanctioned apps because of the IT-approval process.

Source: Gigacom Research – Nov 2014

http://research.gigaom.com/report/shadow-it-data-protection-and-cloud-security/

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59,5%Employees don’t understand their responsibility

in the organization’s security culture, which

includes file securitySource: Info-Tech n = 145

37%Individuals report that they actively seek

external technology without proper IT support

or supervisionSource: Info-Tech n = 20,270

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• Send– A file to a collaborator

– A weekly report

– An updated client list for a marketing campaign

• Receive– An order

– A blueprint

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• Users have experienced file sharing issues– Account setup - days not minutes

– Difficult process

– Inflexible for new needs

– The tool is outdated

– My partners/customers won’t use the tool

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• It’s safe, right?– Browser had the

lock shown

– Their site says it isencrypted

– No PII/PHI

– It’s “Just” campaign data

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Who has ongoing or temporary

access to the data?

Is access

ever revoked?

Is data

ever cleaned up?

Does the data persists after

users leave the organization?

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FTP

Secure &Enterprise-Grade

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• Ultimately it creates new silos– As many exchange channels as individuals

– As it is generally coming with no engagement users are changing of solution as soon they find one more « sexy »

– Each individual is using his own

– Need to define by phone which solution to be used this time

• Ultimately it creates budget problems– When summing up each dollar spent on these different solutions

– It makes a real amount

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Security Governance

Traceability

Efficiency

Compliance

Cost

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Mainframe application

has no account on

“dropfile.com”

No integration with

established business

processes

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System centric

File Transfers

Person centric

File Transfers

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Intuitive Open

Scalable Secure

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Multi-modal people interactionsEnsure best fit between file transfer need and context of use

Unified GovernanceHomogeneous flow definition, management & repositoryEnd-to-End visibilityRoles management & delegated administration

Gateway to secure external exchangesScalable & Highly availableDelegated administration

Dedicated agents for A2A synchronizationDelegated management of inter-applications file transfer and sharing

Leverages a flow repository and covers all enterprise file transfer needs

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mobile

CFT

email web SC

ST

appl. appl.

Central Governance

CFT

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• Provide a secure and governed alternative

to consumer-grade, cloud-based file sharing

• Use one complete MFT solution to govern all

enterprise MFT patterns, including EFSS

(Enterprise File Sharing and Synchronization)

• Eliminate the use of risky file-sharing services

and enable secure BYOD (Bring Your Own

Device) initiatives

• Apply enterprise security policies to person-to-

person file sharing without requiring people

to change the way they work

• Allow new interactions combining people and

automated business processes

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mobile

CFT

email web SC

ST

appl. appl.

Central Governance

CFT

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