Egress to Kiteworks

Mitigating Risk and Ensuring Compliance

Organizations relying on Egress Secure Workspace may be concerned about potential changes in product roadmap, support, and integration priorities post-acquisition. These uncertainties can pose significant risks to data security and compliance. Kiteworks addresses these concerns by providing a robust, independently operated secure file sharing solution that prioritizes customer needs and regulatory requirements.

Kiteworks offers advanced security features, such as:

• Hardened Virtual Appliance
  Keep insiders and attackers out with built-in network firewall, WAF, intrusion detection, and strong encryption in transit and at rest.
• Granular Access Controls
  Manage collaboration risk by enabling editing without file access through SafeEDIT digital rights management (DRM).
• Comprehensive Audit Logs
  Maintain detailed logs of all file sharing activities for auditing and compliance purposes.
• Regulatory Compliance Certifications
  Adhere to industry-specific regulations like HIPAA, GDPR, and more.

By choosing Kiteworks, organizations can mitigate the risks associated with relying on a solution that may not be prioritized post-acquisition, while ensuring the highest level of security and compliance.

Unifying and Simplifying Policy Enforcement

Kiteworks’ Private Content Network (PCN) platform reduces administrative costs and simplifies compliance by centralizing file sharing, collaboration, email, web forms, SFTP, and managed file transfer (MFT) under a single set of policies. This unified approach eliminates the need for duplicate efforts in managing secure email and file sharing platforms separately, as is the case with Egress.

With Kiteworks, administrators can:

1. Enforce consistent policies across all content sharing channels
2. Generate comprehensive, unified audit logs and reports
3. Streamline management through a single, user-friendly interface

Future-proofing Your Secure File Sharing Strategy

As organizations look to future-proof their secure file sharing strategy, Kiteworks stands out as a trusted partner committed to continuous innovation. With a roadmap for continuous enhancement of its secure file sharing capabilities, Kiteworks ensures that customers stay ahead of evolving security and compliance requirements.

Kiteworks’ future-ready approach includes:

1. Ongoing software security hardening through vulnerability bounty programs and regular penetration testing
2. Seamless, one-click appliance updates to keep security fixes up to date
3. Continued development of advanced features like SafeEDIT DRM for secure collaboration
4. Expansion of supported email encryption standards, such as S/MIME and OpenPGP

Seamless Transition and Migration Support

Transitioning from Egress to Kiteworks is a straightforward process designed to minimize disruption and maximize productivity. Kiteworks offers comprehensive migration support and resources to help customers smoothly migrate their data, users, and policies.

Kiteworks’ migration support includes:

1. Dedicated migration specialists to guide customers through the process
2. Detailed documentation and best practices for data and user migration
3. Training and onboarding resources to ensure rapid user adoption
4. Post-migration support to address any concerns or questions

As Egress Secure Workspace customers navigate the uncertainties brought about by the KnowBe4 acquisition, Kiteworks emerges as a reliable, future-proof alternative for secure file sharing and collaboration. By offering a unified platform, advanced security features, and a commitment to continuous innovation, Kiteworks empowers organizations to mitigate risks, ensure compliance, and seamlessly transition to a solution that prioritizes their needs. With Kiteworks, customers can confidently focus on their core business objectives, knowing that their sensitive data is secure and their file sharing processes are optimized for success.