Posts by Bob Ertl

Bob Ertl, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Kiteworks

Bob Ertl is senior director of product marketing at Kiteworks. He brings over 20 years of enterprise software product marketing and product management experience, covering compliance and security, unstructured and structured content, and analytics. Prior to joining Kiteworks in 2014, he brought innovative business intelligence and data warehousing products to market at Oracle, Hyperion, Brio, and several start-ups, and led implementation projects across a variety of industries.

Best Enterprise Secure File Transfer Solutions: Managed File Transfer vs. Automated File Transfer

by Bob Ertl March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 | Secure File Transfer

Businesses increasingly rely on secure file transfer solutions to move sensitive and confidential information. The reliance stems from a massive increase in digital content, a stronger dependence on trusted third...

Secure File Transfer for Government: A Comprehensive Guide

by Bob Ertl March 14, 2023March 29, 2023 | Secure File Transfer

Secure file transfer is sending files securely from one location to another using a secure protocol. Governments worldwide generate and process a vast amount of sensitive data daily. This data...

What Are Open Standards?

by Bob Ertl January 4, 2023February 8, 2023 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

When an organization sets up its information systems and exposes them, internally and externally, it needs to decide if those systems will embrace open standards or will use a proprietary...

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Why TLS May Not Be Enough for Your Email Encryption Strategy

by Bob Ertl January 3, 2023January 25, 2023 | Secure Email

The digital age has revolutionized how we live our lives as well as how businesses operate. Businesses today enjoy much greater engagement with their customers and clients. These companies also...

The 3 New Rules for Data Sovereignty: Location, Location, Location

by Bob Ertl December 7, 2022February 16, 2023 | Secure File Sharing

Real estate isn’t the only kind of business where location matters. Since Edward Snowden revealed the extent of the U.S. government’s spying on private citizens, data localization or data sovereignty has been...

Secure File Sharing for Insurance Companies: Protecting Consumer Privacy

by Bob Ertl November 30, 2022February 17, 2023 | Secure File Sharing

Secure file sharing for insurance companies is an industry requirement. This post explains why. Insurance companies are facing two big challenges, and both have to do with information. The first...

Best Secure Managed File Transfer Solutions for Enterprise

by Bob Ertl November 24, 2022March 2, 2023 | Managed File Transfer

Looking for secure managed file transfer software but don’t know where to start? We’ll explain what MFT is, how it protects your data, and review top MFT software. What is...

What Is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)?

by Bob Ertl November 21, 2022February 24, 2023 | Regulatory Compliance

What is NIST CSF? The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) CSF (Cybersecurity Framework) consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices that organizations can use to manage cybersecurity risk....

What Is Data Lifecycle Management (DLM)? [Explained Simply]

by Bob Ertl November 18, 2022February 20, 2023 | Secure File Transfer

Data lifecycle management can help create the processes and strategies necessary to keep your data compliant and safe. What is data lifecycle management (DLM)? Data lifecycle management, or DLM, is...

Simple File Sharing for Insurance: Improving Employee Productivity

by Bob Ertl November 2, 2022March 3, 2023 | Secure File Sharing

Simple file sharing for insurance professionals is both an imperative and a challenge. Insurance companies must make forms, customer data, proprietary research and other sensitive information available to an increasingly...

External File Sharing Governance for Transforming Care

by Bob Ertl October 31, 2022March 3, 2023 | HIPAA Compliance

External file sharing governance is challenge for many healthcare organizations (HCOs), but it’s a challenge they need to address to deliver the best possible care while ensuring compliance with data...

Employee Vaccination Mandates Accentuate the Need for HIPAA-compliant File Transfer for HR Professionals

by Bob Ertl October 28, 2022March 2, 2023 | HIPAA Compliance

If you are like me, you were hoping at this time last year that things would be essentially back to normal in time for our summer vacations in 2021—if not...

DLP Integration and Its Role in Secure File Sharing

by Bob Ertl October 28, 2022March 3, 2023 | Secure File Sharing

What Is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Data loss prevention (DLP) is a type of security measure that helps organizations protect valuable data from loss, theft, or misuse. DLP uses specific...

What Is Data Classification? [4 Common Types]

by Bob Ertl October 28, 2022February 17, 2023 | Secure File Transfer

What is data classification? Data classification is organizing data into different categories to help make this data easier to manage, protect, and use. What Is Data Classification? Data classification renders...

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Learn security strategies, compare vendors, and implement best practices to prevent breaches and compliance violations from risky third party communications.