1 OUT OF 4 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE

FAILED A SECURITY AUDIT.

WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM?

Enterprises can no longer afford

infrastructure and governance silos that

increase exposure to security and

compliance risk...

…and reduce adaptability to new

business and operating models.

IT should focus on a shift to a

comprehensive managed file transfer

(MFT) solution.

A “central governance” layer over the

various components of the existing

middleware stack is essential for

ensuring data security and

governance…

…across integration flows which

connect a range of applications,

services, users/devices, and trading

partners/customers.

Key results from an extensive survey of

450 senior IT decision makers:

On average, 32% of business-critical

processes involve file transfers and

about 4% of FTP-based file transfers

fail.

This indicates that at least 1.3% of

business-critical processes involving

FTP-based file transfers will suffer

failures.

The average total cost of a data

loss/breach incident is $350 per

breached record (or $3 million, on an

overall basis).

About a quarter of survey respondents

revealed that their organization failed a

security audit in the last 3 years.

Furthermore, 17% indicated “no

confidence” in passing a compliance

audit with the existing file transfer

solutions.

While 38% of respondent enterprises

have already implemented an API

program…

…an additional 19% plan to implement

an API program in the next year.

This figure is expected to increase by

another 40% over the next 2 to 3 years.

While for 58% of respondent enterprises

data security, privacy, and governance

is an integral element of integration

strategy…

…an even greater share of respondents

(71%) revealed a disconnect between

integration strategy and data security

and governance frameworks and

policies.

About a third of the respondent

enterprises are using both on-premise

and software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based

file transfer solutions.

However, there is little inclination to

shift towards a “cloud-only” model for

delivery of file transfer capabilities…

…with only 11% relying on SaaS-based

file transfer solutions for all of their file

transfer needs.

A large section of respondent

enterprises (56%) are using discrete

solutions for on-premise application

integration, B2B integration, and cloud

integration.

Moreover, 46% of survey

respondents agreed that existing

enterprise service bus (ESB)/

service-oriented architecture (SOA)

infrastructure…

…offers less flexibility and is difficult to

maintain.

Key messages

FTP and other traditional and ad hoc

approaches to file transfer expose

enterprises to the risk of data breaches

and non-compliance with regulatory

mandates.

With IT under pressure to deliver new

capabilities under strict budget and time

constraints…

…the prospect of maintaining

infrastructure and resources to keep

traditional file transfer solutions up and

running is difficult to sustain.

A comprehensive MFT solution is

essential for meeting increasingly

complex data security and governance

requirements…

…as well as stringent regulatory

compliance mandates.

In addition to securing and governing

file transfers across internal and

external integrations…

…a comprehensive MFT solution will

allow governance of file transfers across

email solutions, collaboration tools, and

enterprise file sync and share (EFSS)

solutions.

A comprehensive MFT solution

simplifies community management to

allow rapid onboarding of new

customers and partners…

…and enables real-time monitoring of

business and technical key

performance indicators (KPIs).

IT should develop a strategy to

consolidate file transfer infrastructure

and processes to reduce infrastructure

footprint and maintenance and support

costs.

A comprehensive MFT solution will

provide the flexibility required for

meeting new business requirements…

…which would otherwise require

significant custom development effort.

There is a growing need to shift from

“governance silos” to a “central

governance” layer offering a common

view of data flow to all stakeholders…

…both at a business process level and a

technical level, across the various

processes, applications, communities,

and users/devices involved in

application and B2B/MFT-based

integration.

This layer will allow IT to centrally

manage user identities and access

rights…

…and provide a single point of

enforcement for security and

governance policies.

It is time that IT thought about using a

suitable combination of MFT, B2B

integration, and API management

solutions…

…for enabling, securing, and

governing interactions at and beyond

the edge of the enterprise.

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