Data is valuable. Although it is any company’s most precious assets, it circulates in most corporate networks completely unchecked. But thanks to Totemo TrustDEX, it is possible to set up a controlled environment for secure data exchange with just a few mouse clicks.

Business communication is highly fragmented. The easier it is to reach staff members and partners, the more complex the technical environment in which communication takes place becomes. The IP protocol is about the only common denominator of business communication. From there on, the users have the choice between many different communication routes. Let’s take a closer look at the issue: IP communication automatically ensures the delivery of voice, video, and other data on the most direct and desired route.

There is, however, an important question that needs to be answered: Who can guarantee the origin, authenticity, confidentiality, and integrity of the data? Data streams are data streams: conventional IP architectures lack a checkpoint that guarantees the secure flow of data. In other words: as the checkpoint does not exist on the network layer, it must be implemented on the application layer. The reason why this has hardly been done so far is related to the complexity of possible solutions. Nevertheless, the need for controlled data transfers is on the rise, as these are mission-critical for many enterprises and industries.

Ultimately, data are an important asset and must be treated in the same way as supply streams in the industry, which must now be documented all the way back to the origin of the smallest component. Data are at least just as valuable. They drive business processes; they are the blood in the veins of virtually every company. Controlling the data flow means protecting the business processes.

Every year the amount of data kept by companies globally doubles. To the data saved is also added the data that constantly circulate between branches, business partners, customers, companies and systems.

Mostly data is exchanged via unchecked and insecure channels. The IP protocol is as insecure as the FTP servers popular for large files. To make matters worse: the latter has fallen victim to new security flaws that make it easy for attackers to gain access to confidential information. At the same time, the attachments in emails are becoming larger and larger – another insecure way of spreading corporate data.

Totemo TrustDEX gives administrators the tools to correct this irregularity – without programming skills and deeper knowledge of communication protocols. Workflows and applications are easy to combine. Totemo TrustDEX creates a simple, highly automated environment for controlled data exchange.