Tumbleweed Communications Corp, has announced the availability of FTP AnalyzerT, a tool providing organisations visibility into their File Transfer Protocol (FTP) traffic.

As mentioned in the official release, Tumbleweed's FTP AnalyzerT 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.

"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 AnalyzerT, as corporate data has become increasingly vulnerable to high-profile data breaches."

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