Latest News from Hugh Garber

Webinar recording on file sharing

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Many thanks to those of you who attended our recent webinar on “File sharing: Have employee habits put your company at risk?” So glad you could join us! The discussion was fantastic. Michael Osterman of Osterman Research and David Boone of Ipswitch File Transfer really engaged us with some thought-provoking talking points, including tips on [...]

Webinar recording on file sharing

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:05:25 EDT

WEBINAR: Have employee file sharing habits put your company at risk?

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:48:30 EDT

What are the benefits, the risks, the consequences, and the alternatives to the proliferation of personal file transfer and file sharing tools? Consumer-grade solutions such as Dropbox, webmail and USB drives being rapidly adopted in the workplace. The question is — are they right for you and your organization? Next Wednesday, on April 25th, you’re [...]

FTP is ubiquitous and dangerously non-compliant

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:15:52 EDT

Ericka Chickowski did a nice job in her Dark Reading article on how old-fashioned FTP introduces unnecessarily levels of compliance and security risks to organizations. And here’s an alarming data point from Harris Interactive – approximately 50% of organizations are currently using the FTP protocol to send and exchange files and data. Talk of security [...]

Rochester General Hospital relies on Ipswitch to manage electronic billing

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:43:07 EDT

Here’s a great write-up of how Rochester General Hospital is using Ipswitch’s MOVEit solution to manage over 400,000 electronic billing transfers per year to dozens of payer systems. Quick background on the business need: Rochester General Hospital needs to exchange patient records, insurance claims, and billing information from their electronic medical record (EMR) and accounting [...]

Ipswitch Conversations at RSA Conference

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:33:28 EST

There is so much to absorb at RSA Conference. The largest gathering of security vendors, solution providers and practitioners in the U.S. certainly didn’t disappoint as the Moscone Center was buzzing with security education and of course lots of thought provoking conversations. Many of the people I spoke with shared similar concerns of data breach [...] Related posts:

RSA Conference or bust!

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:22:22 EST

Are you attending RSA Conference next week in San Francisco? If so, stop by booth #629 at the Moscone Center and say hello the Ipswitch team. This will be my third year attending RSA. Not only and I’m looking forward to talking about how Ipswitch’s portfolio of Managed File Transfer solutions can solve the problems [...] Related posts:

Cloud: What is your risk tolerance?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:39:32 EST

As companies continue to include the cloud in their overall IT initiatives – taking advantage of elasticity, scalability, interoperability and mobility – concerns around management, governance and control of data are preventing some organizations from fully embracing cloud services. In fact, according to the recent Ponemon cloud survey, over 30% of IT and compliance respondents [...] Related posts:

Adoption of MFT Cloud Services is Growing

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:36 EST

It’s no secret that more and more companies are turning to the cloud to benefit from all that it has to offer. Subscribing to a cloud service can offer conveniences over deploying software on-premises, including faster deployment, budgeting flexibility, built-in elasticity, near-perfect uptime and it can be significantly less taxing on IT resources. Managed File [...] Related posts:

Allowing consumer-grade file sharing technologies is risky business

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:43:22 EST

Looking back at 2011, we saw more and more employees using consumer-grade (and often personally owned) file sharing technologies such as USB drives, smartphones, personal email accounts, and file sharing websites to move sensitive company information. We’ve learned that employees will “do what they need to do” to be productive and get their job done… [...] Related posts:

Correlation & Visibility

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:41:40 EST

Let’s start to examine the impact of end-to-end visibility and ways it can be put to work for your organization. For starters, let’s dig into correlation. Correlation involves identifying related actions and events as a file moves through a series of business processes (including what happens after a file is moved, renamed, or deleted), and [...] Related posts:

The challenge of visibility

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:47 EST

Information flows into, within and out of organizations faster and in greater volumes than ever before. Complicating matters is the growing number of vendor systems, applications and platforms that make up your company’s business infrastructure and touch even your most sensitive and mission-critical information. If you don’t have visibility into the data and files that [...] Related posts:

The importance of visibility

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:25:05 EST

You’re going to be hearing more and more about “VISIBILITY” from Ipswitch, so I’d like to quickly start this blog post with our definition of visibility in the context of files and data flowing into, within and out of your company: Visibility: “Unobstructed vision into all data interactions, including files, events, people, policies and processes” [...] Related posts:

Encryption: Transport versus File

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:15:51 EST

This morning I was asked if I recommended using transport encryption or file encryption to protect company files and data. My answer: “Use both of them, together!” For starters, here’s a real quick summary of both encryption types: Transport encryption (“data-in-transit”) protects the file as it travels over protocols such as FTPS (SSL), SFTP (SSH) [...] Related posts:

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

“My company still relies heavily on FTP. I know we should be using something more secure, but I don’t know where to begin.” Sound familiar? The easy answer is that you should migrate away from antiquated FTP software because it could be putting your company’s data at risk – Unsecured data is obviously an enormous [...] Related posts:

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Moving beyond FTP: Where to begin?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Hey SEC, it’s Frank Kenney at Ipswitch. I don’t mean to rock the boat but I had a few quick questions regarding your recent announcement that you are requiring companies to notify their customers of a breach or risk of breach. What’s a “breach”? Does it mean the bad guys came in and took the [...] Related posts:

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Data Breach Primer – What Does it all Mean?

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Every day, files are exchanged between your systems, employees, and business partners on a global scale. It’s no secret that with each file transfer, your organization faces potential exposure to viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other malware – and the damaged files, corrupted applications, reduced performance and other adverse business effects that come with them. [...] Related posts:

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Integrate your file transfer solution with your antivirus solution

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Hackers break browser SSL/TLS Encryption

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Word has quickly spread that a serious weakness has been discovered in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol that allows attackers to silently decrypt data that’s passing between a web server and an end-user browser. All reports indicate that this vulnerability affects the SSL protocol itself and is not specific to any operating system, browser [...]

Hackers break browser SSL/TLS Encryption

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Hackers break browser SSL/TLS Encryption

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Hackers break browser SSL/TLS Encryption

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Hackers break browser SSL/TLS Encryption

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Hackers break browser SSL/TLS Encryption

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Senator to businesses: Protect data or pay

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

As George Hulme recently wrote, the vision of Senator Richard Blumenthal’s data breach legislation is simple enough: Protect individuals’ personally identifiable information from data theft, and penalize firms that don’t adequately secure their customers’ information. Clearly, there’s a need for organizations to better secure confidential and private customer information. It seems that a week rarely [...] Related posts:

Senator to businesses: Protect data or pay

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Senator to businesses: Protect data or pay

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Senator to businesses: Protect data or pay

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Senator to businesses: Protect data or pay

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Managed File Transfer & WAN Acceleration

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Many customers today expect ‘WAN acceleration’ technology (sometimes referred to as WAN Optimization) as part of their MFT vendor’s solution offering. In general this is a useful addition to the MFT feature set, and can certainly reduce file transfer times in a wide variety of scenarios. However, customers should have realistic expectations of what these acceleration technologies can offer, and be cognizant of the limitations and constraints imposed by the carrier network itself. Related posts: