employee file transfers

New Survey Shows Increased File Transfer Adoption With Alarming Absence of Security

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/new-survey-shows-increased-file-transfer-adoption-with-alarming-absence-of-security-1547497.htm

An overwhelming 77 percent of survey respondents use a file transfer solution to exchange information with both internal and external communities, with 66 percent of companies conducting file transfer transactions every day. Survey results also show that IT controls or approves file transfer in over 70 percent of organizations. However, the use of FTP (over 70 percent) as the primary means for file transfer illustrates the lack of security and compliance with employee file transfers, which can leave companies vulnerable to data loss and regulatory issues. When asked what protocol companies would prefer to use, FTP preference falls to 20 percent with SFTP, FTPS and HTTPS scoring top choices.