You know your employees are sharing information with others inside and outside the walls of your organization. But how much of that sharing do you actually control? Are you aware of how often employees are sharing confidential and business-critical information? Do you know who is sharing it?

More importantly, do you know who they’re sharing it with?

If you struggle with visibility, you are not alone; but it is possible to retain complete control of the information flowing in and out of your organization. How?

It all comes down to identifying and understanding the tools your company is using today and then standardizing on a single tool that is both easy to use, and easy to secure and adapt to your specific business needs and processes.

Here are five features to look for in an enterprise cloud-based file-sharing tool:

1. Role-based security

The right secure file sharing solution allows you to set role-based security settings and empowers your IT department with control over who can share content, what content they can share and who they can share it with. Look for a system that leverages corporate-only email addresses and automatically tracks exactly which of your users are accessing specific content and when.

 

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