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File Integrity Monitoring in 2025: More Than Just a Tripwire

It’s been over a decade that I’ve worked primarily in the world of File Integrity Monitoring and Secure Configuration Management, helping to ensure that hundreds of different companies are able to detect unauthorized or unexpected changes to their configurations.Security has changed a lot over that period, and yet there’s been some surprisingly consistent experiences in the field that I will often...
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Stop Cyber Threats Before They Cost You: Protecting Financial Services with Fortra

Two in three financial institutions faced cyberattacks in 2024, and that trend shows little sign of letting up. Because of their valuable data – hooked conveniently to direct financial information – FinServ organizations are perennial targets for hungry attackers. But this isn’t news to anybody. Financial institutions understand the threats, and for the most part, they are some of the most...
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Staying Ahead of Cloud Threats: Monitoring, Incident Response, and Compliance

The cloud threat landscape in 2025 is marked by speed, scale, and staggering complexity. This year's Top Threats to Cloud Computing Deep Dive 2025 from the CSA reads like a breach compendium: Toyota's misconfigured GitHub repos, the Snowflake supply chain incident, and a ransomware attack linked to CrowdStrike Falcon deployments all illustrate the evolving attack surface and the tremendous...
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SafePay Ransomware: What You Need To Know

What is the SafePay ransomware?SafePay is a relatively new ransomware threat that was first observed around September 2024. Like other ransomware, SafePay encrypts victims' files so they cannot be accessed, and then demands the payment of a cryptocurrency ransom for their recovery. As part of a "double extortion" tactic, the hackers behind SafePay also steal data from affected organisations and...
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A Beginners Guide to Protecting Your Data

In this blog, Steph Charbonneau, Senior Director of Industry Strategy at Fortra, talks you through some of the most valuable aspects of data protection and how to measure success of your organizational programs.
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Open PGP for IBM i (iSeries)

GoAnywhere MFT for IBM i (iSeries) includes native commands for performing PGP encryption and decryption functions directly on the IBM i (formerly known as and often still called AS/400). These commands can be placed in CL programs, the job scheduler or run from IBM i menus. With GoAnywhere MFT, files can additionally be digitally signed with a private key on the IBM i. In turn, you can verify...
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IBM i MFT for Secure FTP and PGP

GoAnywhere MFT will automate and secure file transfers on the IBM i platform using Secure FTP, Open PGP and other popular protocols and encryption standards. GoAnywhere's IBM MFT can be installed on IBM iSeries - version 7.1 and higher on IBM Power Systems, as well as many other operating systems. Automates and secures file transfers with trading partners, customers and internal servers ...
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Think Mutual Bank Uses GoAnywhere MFT for Robust Features and PCI DSS Compliance

Industry: Banking and Finance About a year ago, Think Mutual Bank, a bank located in the Midwest, was searching for a way to transfer data between disparate banking systems. Although Think Bank’s core system is the IBM i, the business banking segment runs on MS SQL. Getting all the data into one place (the IBM i), then copying updated files back to the MS SQL system was a challenge that had to be...
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The State of Maryland DLLR Secures and Simplifies File Transfers with GoAnywhere

Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR) must transfer sensitive data in a secure and reliable fashion. Besides the challenge of ensuring information is protected in transit, each DLLR trading partner requires information to be sent in different file formats, such as fixed width, Excel, CSV, or XML. The DLLR chose GoAnywhere to meet their growing file transfer needs and...
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10 Essential Tips for Securing FTP and SFTP Servers

Most organizations use FTP or SFTP servers to exchange files and other critical business documents with their trading partners. Unfortunately, these servers have become a primary target for hackers. Learn SFTP security best practices in this blog and webinar.