SFTP for Finance and Healthcare

Secure FTP (SFTP) is widely used across both the finance and healthcare industries. SFTP has been around for years and some may discard it as old and outdated. However, SFTP has been proven as a simple, secure, and fast way to transfer files from clients and systems into a single location from anywhere.

This article is going to cover Couchdrop’s Cloud SFTP which provides an SFTP service for the finance and healthcare industries. 

Benefits of Couchdrop

Couchdrop offers many advantages for Healthcare and Finance compared to traditional SFTP. It allows you to bring your own storage, is truly cloud-native, and has user scalability and user security covered. There is also the option to custom-brand Couchdrop, support for webhooks, file/folder sharing, and other transfer methods. 

Bring your own storage

Couchdrop is the only cloud SFTP provider that enables you to bring your own storage as an endpoint. You can connect your Azure Blob, Amazon S3, SharePoint, Dropbox, or anything in between and use this as your SFTP server storage. All files transferred will end up in the storage location of your choosing enabling you to access the data whenever, and wherever you need to using global cloud tools.

The added benefit of this is you have full visibility and control of your data at rest. You can control how much security your endpoint has, and if you find you grow out of your current provider, you can simply migrate your data using a tool like Movebot and connect your new storage to Couchdrop without needing to reconfigure anything else.

Truly cloud native

The Couchdrop service is built on the cloud, for the cloud. It can scale to meet your demands whether it is a large user count, performance, data transfer, file size, or accessibility.

As Couchdrop is built on the cloud it is simple to spin up dedicated instances to meet your security needs. Even though Couchdrop is cloud-native, it also supports SMB and NFS as storage endpoints. You can use any compliant SFTP client whether this is a terminal, client, or script.

User scalability

Couchdrop includes five users in the platform plan, and additional users can be added at an affordable rate. Larger organizations that need dozens or hundreds of users can join a customizable, scalable plan to meet their requirements. Even with large amounts of users, management is handled through the simple and intuitive web interface. 

User security and permissions

With the Couchdrop service, you can set granular permissions on a per-user basis such as read-only, read-write, and write-only. You can also disable insecure transfer methods such as FTP or restrict the user to connect only using a specific set of IP addresses using Couchdrop’s firewall.

Each user can be restricted to a specific folder ensuring they only upload files to their silo and don’t find other files elsewhere. Finally user’s portal access can be secured with 2-factor authentication.

Security

Given the sensitive nature of healthcare and finance, the team at Couchdrop understands the importance of data security. As previously mentioned, you can bring your own storage ensuring you have full visibility and control of your data at rest, making it an excellent choice for SFTP for finance and healthcare organizations. 

Additionally as mentioned above there is granular security and permissions on a per-user basis. Aside from these features, Couchdrop is fully secure and has a HIPAA-compliant architecture for healthcare providers. Couchdrop does not store your data and it is processed completely in memory.

Think of Couchdrop simply as your conduit to get your data from a client to your storage. Couchdrop understands the importance and sensitivity of data. Due to this, it follows industry best practices to ensure your data is safe and cared for when it is going from point A to point B. So long as you choose a secure method to transfer your data (SFTP, SCP, Portal) your data will be fully encrypted during transit using either SSH or HTTPS.

Branded Product

Make Couchdrop your own with your own branding and URL. Couchdrop can turn into your own platform by having your clients connect to your URL rather than sftp.couchdrop.io and build trust and confidence with your clients as they access a file system (upload/down portal) that resembles your brand.

Webhooks and comprehensive API

Couchdrop supports webhooks and offers a comprehensive API. Anything you can do in the interface you can build into the API. This enables you to automate and incorporate your cloud storage into your workflows. You can also use Couchdrop's built-in automation system to automate your file transfers to your connected storage accounts directly from Couchdrop. 

File and Folder sharing

Simply and easily share links to files and folders with others outside of your organization. You can add password protection or set the link to expire after a set time.

Test Couchdrop with a free 14-day trial

There’s a lot to digest here, however, there is no harm in giving Couchdrop a crack. When you sign up, you are automatically enrolled in a 14-day free trial with no credit card needed. And the service is a true SaaS no-commitment offering.

You can be up and running in less than a minute as all you need to do is sign up, connect a storage location, and then you can SFTP straight away. Sign up for your trial now.