Category: File Sharing

  • June 10, 2025 · Tom Ward

    HIPAA Compliant File Sharing with Zero Trust: How to Secure PHI

    HIPAA-compliant file sharing means adopting a robust security framework like Zero Trust Data Access (ZTDA) for guarding Protected Health Information (PHI) and complying with regulations.

  • January 17, 2025 · Tom Ward

    Why a Zero Trust Data Access Decentralized Data Platform is Strategically Superior to Centralized Cloud File Access, Sharing and Collaboration

    Centralized cloud models, while offering convenience, introduce significant security, privacy, and cost challenges, making Zero Trust Data Access a strategically superior solution for access, sharing and collaboration for unstructured data by leveraging existing infrastructure for enhanced security, control, and compliance.

  • December 11, 2024 · Tom Ward

    Benefits of Zero Trust File Sharing Management: 6 Key Reasons

    Benefits of zero trust file sharing management include enhanced data security, granular access control, compliance readiness, reduced insider threats, secure remote collaboration, and full audit visibility—here are 6 reasons why.

  • December 21, 2023 · Tom Ward

    GDPR-Compliant File Sharing with Zero Trust

    GDPR-compliant file sharing means exchanging personal data in a way that meets the EU’s strict data protection rules. It requires encryption, strict access controls, audit logging, and transparency to ensure lawful and secure file transfers.

  • December 6, 2023 · Tom Ward

    Zero Trust Data Access as an MFT Alternative

    Recent breaches in managed file transfer services (MFT) reinforce the need for a more robust alternative based on a zero-trust data access architecture.

  • November 23, 2023 · Tom Ward

    24 Reasons to Use Zero Trust Data Access as an FTP Alternative

    Zero Trust Data Access (ZTDA) is an FTP alternative that offers enhanced security, regulatory compliance, simplified management, and improved user experience.

  • November 14, 2023 · Tom Ward

    Content Collaboration Using Zero Trust Data Access

    A zero-trust secure content collaboration platform safeguards data through stringent access controls, reducing the risk of ransomware, and enhancing overall cybersecurity, ensuring a resilient and secure platform for collaborative work.

  • October 31, 2023 · Tom Ward

    What Is Secure File Sharing? Why Choose a Zero Trust Platform

    Zero trust secure file sharing presents a forward-thinking file-sharing model that enhances data protection, compliance, and overall security posture while enhancing and simplifying the user experience. This approach prioritizes continuous verification, access control, and adaptability to modern work environments, making it a resilient solution against evolving cyber threats.

  • June 30, 2023 · Tom Ward

    How Has File Sharing Evolved? — First Generation to ZTDA

    File sharing and collaboration have significantly evolved over time, with first-generation platforms paving the way for innovative Zero Trust Data Access solutions like FileFlex. While both types of platforms offer collaboration and sharing features, they diverge in their approach to data access, storage architecture, network file access, Windows integration, data governance, IT control, file sharing and collaboration, ransomware risk reduction, and regulatory compliance.

  • June 7, 2022 · Dr. Ed Amoroso

    How To Securely Share Data

    How to securely share data is the first in a five-part series of articles that explains how zero trust data access (ZTDA) can be implemented across an enterprise. The articles focus on enterprise data sharing, threats to unstructured data, and implementing ZTDA using the commercial FileFlex platform.