Secure and compliant B2B file transfers should be the norm in today’s digital world, but for many organizations, especially those with rigid security and compliance mandates, managing file transfers can be a complex and often risky endeavor. Misconfiguring access control or security settings can lead to breaches or fines for non-compliance, disrupting your bottom line. Thankfully, you can now simplify and fortify your B2B file exchanges using Cerberus Gateway, powered by JSCAPE by Redwood, giving you greater control over your security and sensitive data.
Cerberus Gateway is a powerful reverse proxy server engineered to facilitate secure file transfer with all your B2B partners, whether that’s supply chain collaborators, vendors or even customers. Cerberus Gateway acts as a dedicated gatekeeper to your internal network while protecting data in transit.
Advantages of Cerberus Gateway
The advantages of implementing Cerberus Gateway are significant, whether you choose to use it as a standalone solution or in conjunction with Cerberus FTP Server by Redwood. It doesn’t require client software installation, which makes it incredibly flexible and easy to deploy in Windows, macOS, Linux or Solaris environments. It can support clusters across various network protocols, including FTP/S, SFTP/SSH, HTTP/S and SMTP.
At its core, Cerberus Gateway is about enhancing security and compliance. It significantly reduces your attack surface area by serving as the sole point of entry for external file transfers. This means you can maintain your existing firewall settings and eliminate the need to open inbound ports, keeping your internal network locked down. Access control is also streamlined, giving your IT experts just a single access point to manage user permissions and secure server configurations. Furthermore, Cerberus Gateway allows you to store user credentials on your network rather than on file transfer servers, mitigating the risk of credential exploits. For organizations with strict regulatory requirements, Cerberus Gateway helps meet compliance standards like HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, GLBA and more by keeping sensitive data out of the public internet via DMZ streaming, ensuring no data is ever stored in the DMZ as it’s securely streamed byte-by-byte to its destination.
When Cerberus Gateway is paired with Cerberus FTP Server, the benefits are compounded for secure file transfer. Cerberus FTP Server is known for being an easy-to-use SFTP solution for Windows users, offering unlimited user accounts and connections, a friendly web-based user interface and robust security controls, including quarterly penetration testing and annual third-party audits. The combination of Cerberus Gateway’s fortified yet simplified external access and Cerberus FTP Server’s secure internal file transfer capabilities creates a comprehensive and highly secure file exchange ecosystem for businesses of all sizes.
Consider a scenario where a manufacturing company needs to regularly exchange large CAD files with its design partners and suppliers. Without Cerberus Gateway, they might resort to less secure methods or complex firewall configurations, increasing their risk of exploitation. With Cerberus Gateway, they can establish a single, secure gateway for all external file transfers, knowing that their internal network is protected and data is streamed directly without landing in the DMZ. The manufacturer’s IT experts can now get to other mission-critical work without having to reconfigure settings and security related to their organization’s file transfers.
Try out Cerberus Gateway in your environment
Whether you’re seeking to overhaul your manual file transfer processes or just need a way to make B2B sharing simpler and more secure for your trading partners, you can reach out to the Cerberus team and request a quote today.