SFTPPlus

SFTPPlus has been developed in close co-operation with a major insurance company to provide additional audit and management to open SFTP products in order to meet regulatory and corporate compliance requirements. It is a cost effective solution that may be installed at one side of the data transfer without being tied to any proprietary protocol. It is designed for use in most enterprise environments and to be flexible & adaptable to suit an unlimited range of needs for secure file transfer internally and externally.

SFTPPlus is provided as a fully supported server and/or client for enterprises who wish to use the security of SSH with open standards together with additional audit and automation for enterprise file transfers. Transfers may be made to/from internal as well as third party external SFTP servers/clients with NO requirement for additional software at the other side. SFTPPlus enables both sides to have the same audit and control - if preferred.

• Automatic transfer to single or multiple destinations of any file.
• Monitor an 'inbox' directory for a file, or wait for a triggering event.
• Take a copy of the file and generate a checksum.
• All actions audited
• Alerts raised for specified conditions – including email
• Option to retrieve a response file after a successful upload
• Option to add date and timestamp to avoid duplicate names
• Pre and post processing available for transfers
• SFTPPlus client runs as a service in Windows (Unix/Linux as a daemon)
• All files archived with a date & time stamp
• Support for FTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL)
• Support for HTTP and HTTPS
• Server & client editions
• Centralised administration
• Database for authentication
• Server and Client
  The client component is used to send files to the server, or pull files from the server.

With the SFTPPlus server installed at your site, and the client (SFTPPlus or other) installed at a customer site, then the customer can send files to you, and get files from you.

With the SFTPPlus client installed at your site, and the server (SFTPPlus or other) installed at a third party site, then you can send files to the third party and pull files from them as well.

Therefore the customers and third parties can use a standard sftp client or server as appropriate but if they also use SFTPPlus they can have better control, automation and audit. They can also have a pre-configured install to work with your system.

Therefore in some scenarios you may require the server only or client only or both.

Pricing - SFTPPlus is priced to suit every environment and includes options for:

• Server edition
• Client edition
• Single or multi-platform usage

In all cases:

• Unlimited usage (including concurrent users & connections, unlimited files sizes & numbers etc.)
• All functionality included
• Upgrades free as part of support package
• Per server (per installation)or Unlimited installations on a platform on one site
• Unlimited enterprise usage across the enterprise countrywide (Single or multi-platform usage)
• Unlimited enterprise usage across the enterprise worldwide (Single or multi-platform usage)

Pricing for your customers and third parties to use SFTPPlus as well. They can use a standard sftp client or server as appropriate but if they also use SFTPPlus they can have better control, automation and audit. They can also have a pre-configured install to work with your system. Public sector and educational discounts. Consultancy available for additional customisation and configuration.

Transferring data to the FSA using System to System Interface

The Financial Service Authority (FSA) is in the process of implementing the interfaces for Transaction Reporting System (TRS) Product Sales Data (PSD) and Securities Trades Reporting (Markets) XML documents using the System to System Interface.

The FSA has not recommended any specific tools for this transfer, but has provided links to web resources which can be used to identify appropriate SFTP client tools. The current choice of tools for SFTP transfers is very large, but generally these are designed for interactive use, and provide little in the way of automated operations or audit trail for the client.

To address this need, Pro:Atria Ltd offer SFTPPlus, which draws on extensive enterprise level experience to provide automation and auditing for SFTP clients. SFTPPlus provides an easily configured service, which will transfer files using SFTP to predefined destinations. It also has the ability to collect response files, with configurable names and time intervals. With a combination of trusted open source tools and a flexible, configurable controlling service, SFTPPlus is ready for the FSA launch and adaptable for future requirements.