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Why Sharetru?
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Secure file sharing brings with it a host of different benefits for nearly all types of businesses, but it is particularly helpful when it comes to accountants. There are few industries that are under a deeper level of scrutiny in the digital age than accountants are, and secure file sharing options like Sharetru are helping to close this gap and level the playing field in a number of interesting ways.
1. Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLBA)
Perhaps the biggest benefit of secure file sharing options like Sharetru for accountants relates to GLBA compliance. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 was originally put in place as a way to guarantee the protection of consumer financial information. Sharetru in particular includes a number of features designed to accomplish exactly that.
2. Pro-Active Protection
Secure file sharing options have a variety of features designed to not only protect against current threats but also anticipated ones, allowing accountants to "expect the unexpected" and ensure data safety and security as a result. Sharetru is in the unique position of offering its customers many pro-active protections not offered elsewhere in the file sharing industry.
3. Protection Against Unauthorized Access
File sharing providers like Sharetru have the built-in ability to govern file and directory permissions down to the user level, making sure that employees and others only have access to the specific files that they need to do their jobs and no others. An employee can't access a particular client file just because they want to - they need to have been given specific authorization to do so by the account administrator or the IT department within an organization.
4. Removing User Error from the Equation
Even if sharing files via email allowed accountants to remain compliant, it still presents a number of challenges when it comes to user error. An employee can accidentally send a file to the wrong person, exposing sensitive information in the process. Thanks to the way that secure FTP is set up, this is essentially impossible with Sharetru.
5. Unparalleled Encryption
Finally, secure file sharing providers like Sharetru help protect against cyber threats by offering both at-rest and in-transit encryption. This helps to guarantee that even if data is intercepted as it passes from location to location over an Internet connection, no user without the appropriate credentials and the necessary encryption key will be able to actually access the valuable information contained within the data itself.
These are just a few of the secure file sharing benefits that accountants are using to break new ground in terms of security and compliance in the digital age. The productivity-related benefits alone are enough to make even seasoned veterans of the business wonder how they were ever able to get along without solutions like Sharetru in the past.
