Introduction to Workspaces

Workspaces extends the secure and robust EFT file transfer platform with features that allow end users to easily share folders with existing and new user accounts, without burdening the IT administrator. Workspaces empowers end users to share folders quickly and easily, while IT administrators retain full control and visibility of the file transfer infrastructure, leveraging the highest levels of security, regulatory compliance, flexible authentication, and data encryption aspects of the EFT platform. No file sync and share vendors have the underlying security features empowered by EFT for Workspaces as a sharing solution (DMZ Gateway, multiple secure protocols, workflow automation, flexible authentication, etc.).

Administrators Retain Control

IT administrators are able to delegate to end users the power of managing shared folders with existing and new users without losing governance, visibility, and control. End users are given a tool that fulfills the workflows they have become used to (online file sharing) in a way that conforms to corporate policy. Workspaces gives IT administrators the freedom to deny access to cloud-based file sharing services within their organization, because they have provided a safe alternative to their internal customers.

When a user's folders are shared, via the Web Transfer Client, the shared folder appears in the EFT administration interface on the VFS tab under the Workspace node.

Here, the administrator can see:

  • With whom the folder is shared

  • What the permissions are on each user account

  • When the Workspace was created

  • The physical path to the folder

  • Who owns the folder

The administrator can also add or remove specific permissions on the folder for each participant.