Secure File Transfer with Google Drive, Dropbox & More

Secure file transfers are important for businesses that need to share sensitive information. This article will show you how to use secure file transfers with cloud storage to keep your data safe, and shared responsibly.

Mount your cloud platform.

You can mount any cloud storage service as a storage location for your data at rest and for your external party to drop files into.

It’s fairly simple by following these steps:

1. Log into (or create) your Couchdrop account
2. Click +Add Storage Integration
3. Follow the steps required to connect your storage

Connect Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox or something else to be used

Add external users to securely share files with.

You can add external users to share your files with via SFTP or a custom branded web portal or you can simply create a secure shared link to provide to the external party, all while isolating them to a specific subfolder.

Upload the file.

Have the external party upload files to your cloud storage safely through whatever method is easiest for you and them. You can even brand the web portal to be your companies design.

Secure upload portal (can be branded)

Connect to cloud storage via SFTP

Get alerted

Once a file has been uploaded (or downloaded) get real-time alerts where you want them. Receive alerts and notifications via email, webhooks, Slack, Teams, etc.

Get notified via email or webhooks at a folder level

Auditing and logging

Unlike sharing with the cloud platforms, Couchdrop provides indpeth logging and reporting right down to each ‘ls’ call. File transfer events, file operations, authentication, admin and malware events are all available through Couchdrop’s portal — regardless of your backend storage.

Extensive auditing and logging on all operations

For more information or to get started jump across to couchdrop.io or for more guides see community.couchdrop.io