How Transfer Family can help you build a secure, compliant managed file transfer solution

This article discusses how AWS Transfer Family can help build a secure and compliant managed file transfer (MFT) solution. It highlights the benefits of using Transfer Family, including shared responsibility with AWS for security and compliance, automated security practices, and third-party validation.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Benefits of building an MFT solution on Transfer Family
• Five steps to improve security posture with Transfer Family:
  1. Use strong encryption for data in transit
  2. Strengthen your server's host key
  3. Require both a password and key for authentication
  4. Use Base64 encoding for passwords
  5. Set API Gateway authorizationType to AWS_IAM
• Conclusion highlighting Transfer Family's focus on security and compliance