Clearswift Filecatalyst 【Mobile】

Banks transferring log files for compliance (PCI-DSS). FileCatalyst moves the logs from branches to central storage. Clearswift scans the logs for pan card numbers (PII) and quarantines any unencrypted data en route.

To solve the speed issue, business units often turn to consumer-grade cloud storage or unmanaged high-speed tools that operate outside the IT security perimeter. These solutions create "Shadow IT," where sensitive data leaves the organization without encryption, auditing, or content inspection. The result is a massive attack surface for data leakage and malware introduction.

To understand why Clearswift and FileCatalyst are a match, you must first understand the enemy: TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) . TCP is the foundation of the internet, but it is terrible at high-latency or high-packet-loss environments (e.g., transatlantic links, satellite connections, or rural cellular networks).

When a large file—say, a 10GB medical imaging study or a CAD design—hits a standard security gateway, three things happen:

The result? Transfer failures, corrupted archives, and lost productivity. clearswift filecatalyst

Before diving into the solution, it is essential to understand the problem architecture.

Clearswift FileCatalyst eliminates both the network bottleneck and the security slowdown simultaneously.

With the rise of Managed File Transfer (MFT) clouds like Progress MOVEit or AWS Transfer Family, some argue that on-prem gateways are obsolete.

Counterpoint: Cloud MFT solutions are excellent for store-and-forward, but they cannot accelerate the last mile of a bad connection. Furthermore, Clearswift's adaptive redaction is uniquely powerful for regulated industries (GDPR, HIPAA) where you need to remove data from a file during flight, not just block the file entirely. Banks transferring log files for compliance (PCI-DSS)

The combination remains vital for hybrid architectures:

By providing a high-speed, easy-to-use solution that is IT-approved, employees are discouraged from using unauthorized third-party file-sharing services. This brings file transfer activity back under the control of the CISO and IT department.

A common objection is: "Won't deep scanning destroy my speed gains?"

The answer is no, due to the memory-centric architecture of Clearswift FileCatalyst. To understand why Clearswift and FileCatalyst are a

Traditional proxies work on a store-and-forward model: Download the entire file to disk -> Scan the disk file -> Upload the scanned file.

Clearswift FileCatalyst works on a stream-and-scan model:

Result: The security inspection adds less than 5% overhead to the total transfer time. A 10GB file that takes 60 seconds to transfer takes ~63 seconds with full DLP + CDR scanning.

The power of Clearswift FileCatalyst lies in its modular architecture. Administrators can deploy three distinct engines based on their use case.