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SFTP Server in the DMZ or Private Network

Many organizations have an SFTP server installed where their trading partners can connect to securely upload and download sensitive files.   SFTP Server in the DMZ Traditionally SFTP Servers have been installed in the DMZ (or public facing) segment of the network since organizations were fearful of opening inbound ports into the Private (internal) network.   ...
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Clustering, Bandwidth Throttling and Disk Quotas Added to GoAnywhere MFT

Omaha, Neb - August 20, 2013 Linoma Software has released a major new version of the GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer suite to provide more enterprise-level features for its customers with automatic failover, load balancing and more management controls.  The new 4.5.0 release of GoAnywhere Director adds clustering to provide organizations an "active-active" environment where...
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OpenPGP, PGP, and GPG: What is the Difference?

  Image The privacy capabilities of encryption methods such as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) allow organizations to achieve a hightened amount of data security and protection. There are various approaches and elements of comparison for these encryption methods, however, and each one comes with their own histories, features, and...
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Could Your FTP Server Pass a Compliance Audit?

  Image If an auditor showed up to your office tomorrow and wanted to examine your file transfer security policies and procedures for compliance, how confident are you that your organization would pass with flying colors? If there’s any doubt that your file exchange process can meet stringent compliance requirements, a secure...
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GoAnywhere Secure File Sharing App Released for Android

Omaha, Neb - June 24, 2013   In order to make transferring files on mobile devices more secure and convenient, Linoma Software [now Fortra] has released the GoAnywheretm File Transfer app for Android operating systems. This new app provides users on their Android phones or tablets with the ability to easily transfer files over an encrypted tunnel. Similar to the GoAnywhere...
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GoAnywhere Services 3.1 Adds Clustering, Load Balancing

Omaha, Neb - January 3, 2013 As organizations become increasingly integrated with their trading partners, it is even more critical that electronic documents/files can be exchanged without delays or disruptions. Organizations are therefore looking at how to provide the most consistent access -- or high availability -- for their file transfer environments, usually comprised of...
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What Is Your High Availability Plan for Your SFTP Server?

  Image As organizations and their trading partners become more and more integrated, it's critical that file transfers perform without delays or disruptions. For instance, a document containing a batch of transactions could traditionally be delivered within a window of several hours without causing any issues. But today, in the...
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Keeping File Transfers Secure from Hackers and Cyber Threats

  Image Keep Your Files Secure In the battle to secure information, it helps to know a little bit about how it can be compromised. Using FTP is one way to expose critical vulnerabilities and can allow credentials to be hacked. However, these holes in security can also be easily closed if you know how. How Hackers Discover...
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FIPS 140-2 Plays Vital Government Business Role

  Image   What is FIPS 140-2? FIPS 140-2 is a standard with which cryptographic-based (encryption) security systems must comply when protecting sensitive data in U.S. government agencies and departments. This FIPS 140-2 standard also extends to other entities that may exchange sensitive data with the federal government, including...
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Virtual Folder Highlight GoAnywhere Services 3.0

Omaha, Neb - September 26, 2012 Accessing files quickly across growing storage networks while ensuring data remains secure is crucial for any company in today's business environment. The latest release of GoAnywhere Services 3.0 with its new "Virtual Folders" feature and network shares option makes secure online access to information seamless for the end user and easy to...
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How to Build a Framework for HIPAA and HITECH Compliance

  Image HIPAA, established in 1996, was signed into law to outline the appropriate ways to use and disclose patient health information. Read on to learn how to develop a HIPAA- and HITECH-compliant IT framework for your organization.   Why Does HITECH Exist? HITECH laws were enacted to up the ante on healthcare organizations to...
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Outlook 2010 Plugin Now Available for GoAnywhere Secure Mail

Omaha, Neb - August 1, 2012 Download PDF Organizations whose employees have been using email to send confidential files have realized the dangers that unsecure email can pose. That's why Linoma Software added a Secure Mail module to its popular secure FTP server, GoAnywhere Services, part of the GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software suite. Released in February, 2012...
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Linoma Software [now HelpSystems] Adds Japanese Firm to Team of Global Partners

Omaha, Neb - July 17, 2012 As Linoma Software continues to expand its global sales initiatives, it has added yet another sales partner to its team. Linoma president Bob Luebbe is pleased to announce a partnership with SOLPAC, a leading software and consulting firm based in Tokyo, Japan. "The IBM Power Systems market is going strong in Japan," Luebbe said, "and when this...
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Addressing HIPAA and HITECH Compliance Challenges

  Image HIPAA and HITECH regulations were designed and enacted to increase the security surrounding personal health information from those who should not have access to it. Next to finance, the healthcare industry is one of the most regulated industries around. While debates on the cost, structure, and delivery of healthcare...
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GoAnywhere Adds FIPS 140-2 Validated Encryption Module

Omaha, Neb - May 22, 2012             Organizations can now secure their data transmissions using FIPS 140-2 validated encryption with the GoAnywhere managed file transfer solution from Linoma Software [now Fortra]. FIPS 140-2 is a critical compliance requirement for US federal government and state agencies, as well as for those companies that exchange sensitive data with the...
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Are Insurance Companies Managing Their Risk of Data Breach?

  Image   Insurance companies are the experts at analyzing and managing risk. They identify, quantify, and set pricing based on the calculated costs of risk. Naturally, the higher the perceived risk, the higher the cost to mitigate the potential losses.   Yet, here is the irony. While those in the insurance industry excel at...
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Is Your Company Letting Data Slip Through the Cracks?

  Image Many Americans have spent the last few days frantically searching for receipts and other documentation to finish their taxes before April 15th — only to realize they get a one-month reprieve this year. Despite that sigh of relief, there's no doubt that some of those people thought they knew exactly where to find what they...
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How Important is Auditing Your File Transfers?

  Image When you send someone a file using FTP, how do you know (and later prove) that it was successfully sent? Consider the Complexities It might be possible to save a screenshot as long as the process was simple and you can see all the commands on a single screen. But what if your commands start getting complex? And if you start...
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SFTP vs. FTPS: What's the Best Protocol for Secure FTP?

Image What is Secure FTP? SFTP vs. FTPS: Secure FTP Authentication SFTP vs. FTPS: Secure FTP Implementation SFTP vs. FTPS: Speed SFTP vs. FTPS: Security Watch a Demo An increasing number of organizations are looking to move away from transferring data with FTP (a standard file transfer protocol). In the beginning stages of...
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Driving Securely Through the Cloud

  Image Cloud computing is not for everything and not for everyone, but it has made a permanent mark in the lexicon of technology services. And there is a lot of hype around cloud computing and what it can do for organizations. To be fair, it is a very powerful tool. But it’s important to work out how you can use it most effectively...