SEEBURGER: Embrace MFT Technology, Prevent Data Breaches

German software company advocates Managed File Transfer (MFT) for more secure content sharing amongst mobile users 

Kuala Lumpur, 18 SEPTEMBER 2012 — SEEBURGER, the leading German-based business integration and enterprise class Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions provider, urges Malaysian businesses to embrace MFT technologies more pervasively throughout their organization, in order to increase the overall level security in the important process of file sharing.

SEEBURGER’s APAC, Managing Director, James Hatcher, highlights that data breaches due to the file sharing process - whether by email, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), hosted file sharing services or other methods, can be almost be 100% prevented leveraging managed file transfer (MFT) technology. 

“Today, many local businesses are still exposed to risk, and compliance with security mandates that often fell short.  This is due to the continued reliance on FTP, email and flash drives that lack the policy, governance and tracking capabilities for sharing business documents.”

He shared that just recently the South Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services revealed that confidential personal information of about 228,400 medical beneficiaries was compromised when a former agency employee sent the data to his personal email account. 

“This overseas example is increasingly common everywhere and brings the alert to a more urgent need to adopt MFT technology as a more holistic approach to data security that takes unique business needs into account,” he says, adding that Forrester Research found that about 80 per cent of senior IT managers today said they require heightened IT security options for their file transfers.

Secured Enterprise-Level File Sharing Solution 

SEEBURGER offers MFT as an enterprise-level file sharing solution that protects organizations against security, governance and regulatory compliance violations; as well as overcoming the very common size limitations issues associated with email; and can apply to any device including tablets and smartphones, and help CIOs gain control over their burgeoning BYOD (‘Bring Your Own Device’) trend.

Each file transfer made through MFT is checked against pre-defined policies. They are also encrypted, authenticated, monitored to ensure delivery, and logged in a central location for easy tracking and auditing.

MFT can be used to protect sensitive and/or large files ranging from payroll, customer lists, price lists, HR data, and financial and tax information to business plans, contracts and RFPs, CAD/engineering drawings and large multimedia files such as marketing videos. It can be deployed on premise or in the cloud.

In ASEAN market, SEEBURGER’s MFT technology is well-positioned to stay in the forefront of the competition and to capitalize on the expanding size of focus industries that include the manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, retail, commercial, financial services, and public sector. 

“In Malaysia, the SEEBURGER local partners are Time Engineering Berhad and Datamation (M) Sdn Bhd,” ends Hatcher.

For more details on file sharing security, please visit http://www.seeburger.com/managed-file-transfer.html