Managed File Transfer
Managed File Transfer (MFT ) to German " managed file transfer " refers to a technology or software functionality that controls, performs and documents the entire process of electronic data interchange.
Functions
- Support for multiple communication protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, OFTP and other
- Data security / encryption of data
- Restricting access to the data through authentication, roles, and rights allocation, time restrictions
- Logging of file-related activities
- Data transfer for large files and datasets, resumption of transfers after interruption, data integrity checking,
- Monitoring of the exchange, issue a return code to a higher-level software, or display of a user reference
MFT is often integrated with other, higher-level software applications.