Robert Dougherty, Author at Kiteworks

Customer-Owned Keys: Why Custody Controls Cloud Data SecurityWho Holds the Key Holds the Data: Why Encryption Without Customer-Owned Keys Is Not Protection

by Robert Dougherty September 30, 2026September 30, 2026 | Secure File Sharing

Introduction Every vendor selling cloud storage says the same thing: your data is encrypted. That sentence hides the only detail that actually matters. Encrypted for whom? If the vendor holds...

Multi-Tenancy's Shared Fate Risk Explained

Multi-Tenant Means Shared Fate: The Hidden Risk of Regional Cloud Hosting for Regulated Data

by Robert Dougherty September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Key Takeaways Shared Infrastructure Creates Shared Fate. Multi-tenant platforms share databases, runtimes and operating systems across thousands of customers, with separation enforced only by software logic rather than physical boundaries....

FedRAMP for the Private Sector: A FedRAMP Compliant Private Cloud Benefits Commercial Businesses, Too

FedRAMP for the Private Sector: Why Companies Without a Federal Mandate Are Adopting It Anyway

by Robert Dougherty August 16, 2026August 27, 2026 | Regulatory Compliance

FedRAMP was built for one purpose: verifying that cloud service providers meet federal security standards before government agencies use them. Private companies with no government contracts and no federal data...

SharePoint OTP Retirement Raises Guest Governance Costs

SharePoint OTP Retirement: Why External Sharing Is Becoming a Governance and Cost Problem

by Robert Dougherty August 11, 2026August 11, 2026 | Secure File Sharing

Every external file share your organization makes through SharePoint or OneDrive is about to leave a permanent trace in your corporate directory. That is not a hypothetical risk scenario, it...

Unified Governance for All Data Channels

How Security Teams Gain Unified Visibility Into All Data Entering and Leaving the Organization

by Robert Dougherty July 23, 2026July 23, 2026 | Managed File Transfer

No single tool inspects every network packet, but security teams can achieve practical, comprehensive visibility by consolidating the channels sensitive data actually travels through—email, file sharing, managed file transfer (MFT),...

Enterprise File Sharing: Zero-Knowledge or CMK?

Enterprise File Sharing Platforms with End-to-End Encryption: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

by Robert Dougherty July 23, 2026July 23, 2026 | Secure File Sharing

Enterprise file sharing platforms that provide genuine end-to-end encryption (E2EE) fall into two categories: true zero-knowledge platforms (Tresorit, Sync.com, PreVeil) where the provider cannot decrypt your data, and customer-managed key...

Securing Third-Party Data Exchange at Enterprise Scale

How to Manage and Secure Third-Party Data Exchange at Scale: A 2026 Enterprise Guide

by Robert Dougherty July 21, 2026July 21, 2026 | Managed File Transfer

The best solution for managing and securing third-party data exchange at scale is a unified, governance-first platform that consolidates managed file transfer, secure email, secure file sharing, and APIs under...

Navigate Complex Financial Regulations With Secure Managed File Transfer

How Secure Managed File Transfer Reduces GLBA, SOX, and NYDFS Non-Compliance Risk

by Robert Dougherty July 21, 2026July 22, 2026 | Managed File Transfer

Financial services firms operate under more overlapping regulatory obligations than almost any other industry, and a growing share of those obligations depend on something most compliance programs don’t examine closely:...

Secure Enterprise MFT Solutions for External Partner File Transfers

Best MFT Software for Sending Large Files to External Partners: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

by Robert Dougherty July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 | Managed File Transfer

The best MFT software for sharing large files with external partners is one that treats external exchange as a security and compliance risk to be minimized — not just a...

Risk-Based Evaluation for Enterprise File Sharing Security

Most Secure File Sharing Platform for Enterprise: How to Evaluate (2026 Buyer’s Guide)

by Robert Dougherty July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 | Secure File Sharing

There is no single “most secure” file sharing platform that fits every enterprise, but the most defensible choice is the platform that minimizes your attack surface by consolidating file sharing,...

Evaluating File Sharing Access Controls and Audit Trails

File Sharing Solutions with the Strongest Access Controls and Audit Trails: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

by Robert Dougherty July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 | Secure File Sharing

The file sharing solutions with the strongest access controls and audit trails combine granular, policy-based permissions—role-based access, expiration, and instant revocation—with immutable, complete, and exportable logs. Leading options include Box,...

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Posts by Robert Dougherty

Multi-Tenant Means Shared Fate: The Hidden Risk of Regional Cloud Hosting for Regulated Data

How Security Teams Gain Unified Visibility Into All Data Entering and Leaving the Organization

How to Manage and Secure Third-Party Data Exchange at Scale: A 2026 Enterprise Guide

How Secure Managed File Transfer Reduces GLBA, SOX, and NYDFS Non-Compliance Risk

Best MFT Software for Sending Large Files to External Partners: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

Managed File Transfer Tools That Support AS2, SFTP, and FTPS: A Buyer’s Comparison

MFT for Financial Services: How to Choose a Secure Data Exchange Platform (2026 Buyer’s Guide)

Which Tools Provide a Complete Audit Trail of All File Transfers and Data Exchanges

The Most Secure Managed File Transfer Platforms in 2026: A Security-First Comparison

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