Auditing and Reporting in Managed File Transfer (MFT)

In a survey conducted in November 2021, HANDD customers using MFT stated that one of the key benefits from implementing an MFT product was the ability to report and see an audit trail of their transfers. This blog discusses how auditing and reporting are key drivers for many organisations making the switch to an MFT platform. MFT delivers easy visibility for compliance confidence.

Visibility is essential to understanding what’s happening to your data and making sense of data exchanges and transfers. With thousands of transfers a day, it can be difficult to get complete visibility of critical information like the number of transfers, where they came from, where they went to, and whether they were successful.

It’s essential to understand whether the system that feeds information to the payroll software sent the correct data to the correct place, or whether there are likely to be delays in the payment of staff. You need to know whether stock levels were fed along your supply chain to ensure your delivery arrives at your factory when you need it, or whether the transfer failed.

MFT auditing and reporting displays data on exchanges and file transfers through engaging dashboards and pre-built reports, showing users the status of their transfers at a single glance.

It isn’t just about looking pretty, though. With clear visibility you can ensure that your systems are up to the job and are working together to do their job, so you and your colleagues can continue to do yours. You can determine whether they have the capacity to meet demand spikes and whether there are holes in the network caused by redundant systems and protocols.

Why use an MFT solution?

Gain visibility on key performance criteria

Without an MFT solution, organisations are forced to rely on plain text file system logs to monitor key performance criteria such as failed transfers and SLA performance. However, with up to 20,000 transfers a day carried out using multiple protocols, finding this data can be near impossible.

Clear and colour-coded dashboards make it easy to see the health status of your data transfers as data arrives into and departs from your network, and the capacity of your systems to deal with the demands placed on it.

Keep a handle on your SLA performance

MFT auditing and reporting modules enable organisations to see whether they’ve breached SLAs and how many times they’ve been breached. This level of visibility enables you to rapidly identify issues and resolve them before they snowball and pose a serious threat to your operations.

Easily monitor your compliance

Within heavily regulated industries, many organisations spend a great deal of time and money on ensuring systems are set up to achieve compliance. However, without an overview as to how users access and use data and the way in which data travels, it’s not possible for organisations to know whether their compliance measures have been correctly configured and whether they are achieving the required results.

MFT auditing and reporting gives users an overview as to how data travels within and outside of the organisation so you can see whether your compliance measures are delivering against expectations.

HANDD has a team of MFT specialists who can advise on the best way to unleash the full potential of a MFT solution and deliver more for your business. If you’d like to discuss how you can use MFT to save money, reduce complexity and minimise man hours, or if you need support finding the right MFT solution for you, call us on +44 (0) 845 643 4063 or request a call back here.

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