Tumbleweed Launches FTP Analyzer to Empower Enterprises to Monitor and Assess the Risks of File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

A Free Tool That Effectively Detects & Reports FTP Traffic; Helps Enterprises Avert Potential Data Loss

Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD) announced the availability of FTP Analyzer™, a tool providing organizations visibility into their File Transfer Protocol (FTP) traffic.

FTP has emerged as a new security attack vector, resulting in a wave of high-profile data breaches, as well as organized criminal activity, stemming from vulnerabilities in susceptible FTP servers. Recently, an underground hacker database was discovered containing more than 8,700 harvested FTP accounts, compromising FTP servers and the data housed on them. Unfortunately, many organizations are unaware of their unsecured FTP traffic, leaving them vulnerable to these types of data breaches.

Tumbleweed's FTP Analyzer™ provides IT departments with the ability to monitor FTP activity on their networks, in order to assess and address the exposure of sensitive data via FTP. Additionally, this tool generates a two-page executive-level report detailing:

• Overall volume of secured and unsecured file transfer traffic
• Secured and unsecured file transfer traffic over time
• Top 10 largest unsecured file transfers
• Top 10 busiest FTP servers by number and volume of unsecured files transferred

"Regulatory compliance mandates, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), require companies to document business processes," said Stree Naidu, Regional Vice President, APAC, Tumbleweed Communications. "One frequently overlooked process is data movement – specifically data movement using FTP that is not inherently secure. This use of unmanaged FTP to share sensitive data has been the impetus behind Tumbleweed's development of the FTP Analyzer™, as corporate data has become increasingly vulnerable to high-profile data breaches."

Once an organization has identified its disparate and rogue FTP exchanges and determined the scope and risk of unsecured transactions, they need a single-source solution for managing and securing FTP communications. A leader in managed file transfer, Tumbleweed's award-winning SecureTransport™ product helps enterprises effectively secure, automate and manage mission-critical file transfers with a flexible, easy to use solution that ensures both data integrity and compliance.

"Many organizations are still largely unaware, or simply do not want to acknowledge, the risks involved with using an aging technology like FTP to transport sensitive data in and out of a company," said Dr. Taher Elgamal, chief technology officer of Tumbleweed Communications. "Organizations must take responsibility for their data, including visibility of all FTP activity. FTP Analyzer™ will assist in understanding FTP activity, to ultimately stay ahead of the threat of FTP data breaches."

Enterprises and users can download Tumbleweed's FTP Analyzer™ for free by signing up to receive the tool at www.tumbleweed.com.