Patrick Spencer, Author at Kiteworks

NSA’s Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Data Pillar: A Comprehensive Guide

by Patrick Spencer April 29, 2024September 17, 2025 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Federal agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), and the DoD’s supply chain (Defense Industrial Base, or DIB) can no longer rely on traditional perimeter-based security models to protect their...

Understanding the Biden Executive Order on Securing Sensitive Personal Data

by Patrick Spencer April 24, 2024September 18, 2025 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Kiteworks' General Counsel Camilo Artiga-Purcell just published an article in Law360 addressing the White House Executive Order on Data Privacy that many will find useful. He delineated five implications for...

9 Secure File Sharing Best Practices for Professional Services Firms

by Patrick Spencer April 24, 2024September 24, 2025 | Secure File Sharing

Professional services firms often deal with sensitive and confidential data such as financial records, legal documents, and medical records. Therefore, ensuring secure file sharing is essential for maintaining the trust...

Beyond Anti-Piracy: How DRM Protects Your Whole Business

by Patrick Spencer April 23, 2024September 17, 2025 | Digital Rights Management

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a technology designed to protect digital content from unauthorized access, use, or duplication. Historically associated with preventing piracy of music, movies, and software, DRM has...

DFARS Compliance Starts With NIST 800-171

by Patrick Spencer April 2, 2024September 18, 2025 | CMMC Compliance

DFARS Compliance is a critical requirement for government contractors and subcontractors who handle controlled unclassified information (CUI). To achieve DFARS Compliance, organizations must adhere to the guidelines set forth in...

Does DRM Actually Work?

by Patrick Spencer March 14, 2024September 17, 2025 | Digital Rights Management

In the evolving landscape of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive content to trusted stakeholders, intellectual property creators and owners are tasked with a critical question: Does DRM...

Digital Rights Management Strategies for Regulatory Compliance

by Patrick Spencer March 12, 2024September 17, 2025 | Digital Rights Management

The digitization of personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) and Intellectual Property (IP) have had a dramatic effect in businesses’ operational efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, these digital records, whether...

Managed File Transfer for FERPA Compliance

by Patrick Spencer March 5, 2024September 17, 2025 | Managed File Transfer

In the never–ending journey to become more efficient, cost–effective, and competitive, colleges and universities institutions are increasingly embracing and adopting technology solutions that process, store, share, and transfer student records....

MFT vs. SFTP: Which One Should You Use?

by Patrick Spencer February 7, 2024July 15, 2026 | Managed File Transfer

File transfer plays a crucial component in nearly every organization's operations. Two common file transfer mechanisms are secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) and managed file transfer (MFT). Both serve a...

MFT for Regulatory Compliance: Your Complete Checklist

by Patrick Spencer February 4, 2024September 17, 2025 | Managed File Transfer

The advent of digitization has significantly transformed the way businesses handle their data. The modern business landscape sees an impressive proliferation of data transfers, such as invoices, statements, and other...

Safeguard Sensitive Financial Data with Secure Managed File Transfer

by Patrick Spencer January 10, 2024September 17, 2025 | Managed File Transfer

Protecting sensitive financial data has become more vital and challenging than ever before. Every business, regardless of their industry or size, is under constant threat from cyberattacks, data breaches, and...

Nth-Party Risks Point to the Need for a Private Content Network

by Patrick Spencer December 14, 2023September 23, 2025 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Mitigating third party risk has never been more critical. The new report by Riskrecon and Cyentia, titled “Risk to the Nth-Party Degree: Parsing the Tangled Web,” sheds light on a...

Why Securing Sensitive Content Communications Is Critical in 2024

by Patrick Spencer November 28, 2023September 23, 2025 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

The task of managing data privacy and compliance risks is becoming increasingly complex, mirroring the sophistication of those who seek to exploit these very vulnerabilities. This blog post delves into...

3 Secure File Sharing Best Practices for French Law Firms

by Patrick Spencer November 5, 2023September 14, 2025 | Secure File Sharing

Law firms in France handle sensitive information on a daily basis. From confidential documents to client data and case files, the need for secure file sharing practices cannot be overstated....

Understanding the Evolving Cybersecurity Threat Landscape in France

by Patrick Spencer October 23, 2023September 17, 2025 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

In today’s increasingly interconnected world, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be underestimated. France, like many other nations, faces an evolving threat landscape that requires constant vigilance and adaptation. This article...

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