As a security professional, you need to follow the age-old mantra of "trust but verify." Policies without enforcement are worthless, and it's dangerous to assume employees know and follow your file transfer policies, let alone partners and other outsiders that log into your network. Yet, according to a study at RSA, the majority of businesses are not enforcing file transfer policies. According to the study, nearly 55% of IT executives say their companies provide -- but do not enforce -- policies and tools around sharing sensitive information.

Enforcement is critical to information security. The first step is identifying what files you want to protect and implementing a framework that provides real-time, 24/7 visibility and active network monitoring, enforcement and alerting on suspicious file transfer activity.

enables companies, applications and people to manage, secure and share business-critical information. The company's managed file transfer and application integration solutions are used by more than 40 million global users, including 90% of Fortune 1000 enterprises.

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