Secure file transfer automation

Purpose

1. Automating secure file transfer to ensure confidential military documentation and sensitive oversight data are moved safely between authorized government entities, external oversight agencies, or internal military board systems.

2. Reduce manual error by automating encryption, transfer, audit logging, and credential management for highly regulated and classified content.

3. Automate compliance with military board policies, data protection regulations, and classified handling standards for digital files and attachments across distributed agencies.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automate transfer upon file upload to designated monitoring folders or document management systems.

2. Automate on schedule (hourly, daily, weekly) for periodic oversight reporting transfers.

3. Automate based on approval steps in an automated workflow (e.g., after digital sign-off).

4. Automate after external SFTP/FTP receipt by third-party oversight or upon receipt of classified files via secure inbox integration.

Platform Variants

1. AWS S3

• Feature/Setting: Configure S3 Event Notifications; set up automated Lambda trigger for file movement and transfer logging.
  

2. Microsoft SharePoint

• Feature/Setting: Configure Power Automate; use ‘When a file is created in a folder’ trigger with secure copy step and permission enforcement.
  

3. Google Drive API

• Feature/Setting: Automate file transfer using Drive API's `files.create` endpoint; enable OAuth with restricted scopes.
  

4. Box

• Feature/Setting: Automate using Box Events Webhook for upload actions; configure automation on `POST /files/content`.
  

5. Dropbox

• Feature/Setting: Automate using Dropbox Business API’s file upload and sharing endpoints, `files/upload` automator.
  

6. SFTP (any server)

• Feature/Setting: Automate connections via OpenSSH SCP/SFTP module using public-key authentication for encrypted transfer.
  

7. Azure Blob Storage

• Feature/Setting: Automate using Event Grid triggers and Logic Apps for file ingestion and secure automated transfer.
  

8. Egnyte

• Feature/Setting: Automate RESTful API call to trigger file mover; use webhook on folder changes for oversight automation.
  

9. Citrix ShareFile

• Feature/Setting: Automate via ShareFile API (`/Items` endpoints) with user access and automated folder monitoring.
  

10. IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

• Feature/Setting: Automate transfer via managed automated file transfer jobs, policy-driven for government data.
  

11. Globalscape EFT

• Feature/Setting: Event Rules automator for file upload/download actions; automate notifications and movement.
  

12. SolarWinds Serv-U

• Feature/Setting: Automate transfer trigger via File Event Rules with user- and IP-based automated criteria.
  

13. WinSCP

• Feature/Setting: Script the WinSCP command-line SFTP automator with batch jobs scheduled by Task Scheduler.
  

14. Axway SecureTransport

• Feature/Setting: Automate transfer triggers via workflow automation module, FIPS-enabled for compliance.
  

15. Progress MOVEit

• Feature/Setting: Automation module; automate workflow from user upload to government cloud secure endpoint.
  

16. Oracle Cloud Object Storage

• Feature/Setting: Configure Events Service automator for post-upload triggers; automate file movement to classified resources.
  

17. OneDrive for Business

• Feature/Setting: Power Automate integration; automate file sharing and user-permissions configuration.
  

18. PGP Encryption (GnuPG)

• Feature/Setting: Automate encryption and decryption processes before/after file transfer using CLI automator scripts.
  

19. SAP Information Steward

• Feature/Setting: Automate transfer validation and data masking before secure external transfer automating.
  

20. Slack Enterprise

• Feature/Setting: Monitor secure channels for uploaded files via API; automate moving to secure storage upon restricted keyword trigger.
  

Benefits

1. Automate compliance with defense oversight and retention laws.

2. Automatedly encrypt files end-to-end, reducing data breach risk.

3. Automator minimizes manual intervention in protected-data workflows.

4. Automating audit trails for every file movement ensures traceability.

5. Automation provides real-time visibility and alerts for file transfer anomalies.

6. Automates policy-based routing for multi-board coordination.

7. Supports automatable disaster recovery and continuity processes.