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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 17, 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...

Secure File Sharing in Banking Amid Industry Disruption: New Model, New Challenges

by Bob Ertl July 18, 2024September 18, 2025 | Secure File Sharing

Significant disruption in the banking industry is forcing traditional banks to rethink how they provide services to consumers. Inevitably, secure file sharing in banking must also be revisited. Since the...

Achieve GDPR Compliance to Comply With EU’s New Data Privacy Law

by Robert Dougherty September 17, 2023September 18, 2025 | GDPR Compliance

GDPR Compliance is going to be an ongoing challenge for IT organizations around the world. What is the GDPR, and why is GDPR compliance so important? We live in a...

Content Visibility and Its Role in Demonstrating Compliance

by Izak Bovee July 15, 2023September 15, 2025 | Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance is a crucial aspect of every organization’s operations. Failure to comply with industry-specific regulations can result in hefty fines and legal consequences. Achieving compliance can be a daunting...

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

by Bob Ertl December 7, 2022September 14, 2025 | 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...

Understand and Achieve GDPR Compliance

by Robert Dougherty November 19, 2022September 18, 2025 | GDPR Compliance

The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, was developed to bring legal unification and clarity to the protection of EU citizens’ personal data. Many organizations, however, are unaware of how...

Healthcare Data Breaches Are Common, Putting Patient Data and HIPAA Compliance at Risk

by Cliff White October 11, 2022September 17, 2025 | HIPAA Compliance

Healthcare data breaches, and HIPAA compliance violations from those data breaches, are increasingly common. That’s one of the stark conclusions from the Ponemon Institute’s sixth annual study on the state...

Lost and Stolen Mobile Devices Are the Leading Cause of Healthcare Data Breaches

by Cliff White September 23, 2022December 23, 2025 | HIPAA Compliance

A lost or stolen laptop, tablet, or smartphone can complicate a healthcare data breach, as a recent story from Texas makes clear. The thief who burglarized the headquarters of Sunglo...

5 Steps to Achieving CJIS Compliance With Secure File Sharing

by Izak Bovee September 15, 2022September 18, 2025 | Secure File Sharing

Law enforcement agencies need to follow strict regulations to ensure that sensitive data like crime scene photographs, eyewitness statements, and police reports are protected. The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)...

FedRAMP Compliant File Sharing for Federal Agencies

by Izak Bovee September 4, 2022December 23, 2025 | Regulatory Compliance

Update: The Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) platform became FedRAMP-Authorized in June 2017. To learn more about Kiteworks and FedRAMP compliant file sharing, please visit our FedRAMP page. The Kiteworks secure file...

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