Progress launches ShareFile Enterprise for regulated firms

Progress has launched ShareFile Enterprise for large and regulated organisations.

The product is designed for sensitive document collaboration, with added governance and security controls.

The new offering extends Progress's ShareFile document collaboration platform with tools intended to reduce manual administration as organisations add users, workflows and external participants. It combines identity management, data loss prevention, behavioural monitoring and security oversight in a single platform.

It is aimed at organisations that need to manage collaboration among employees, clients and partners while maintaining tighter control over access to confidential information. Many IT and security teams still rely on manual provisioning, exported logs and separate investigations when monitoring document activity, the company said.

Security focus

ShareFile Enterprise includes SCIM provisioning with Microsoft Entra ID, automating employee account provisioning and deactivation. This is intended to keep access aligned with workforce changes and reduce repeated access administration tasks.

It also integrates with Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel, allowing ShareFile activity and security events to be routed into existing security operations tools. This is intended to give security teams visibility into document activity within systems they already use, rather than relying on manual log exports or custom integrations.

Another feature is native data loss prevention, which detects supported sensitive text-based content and applies policies that can trigger alerts, restrict external sharing or prevent downloads. This shifts sensitive data protection from user discretion to policy-based enforcement, according to Progress.

User and Entity Behaviour Analytics is also included to identify unusual activity patterns such as abnormal downloads, off-hours usage or atypical access behaviour. The function is intended to help security teams spot activity that may need investigation earlier.

A centralised security operations interface brings together alerts, user context and activity trails in one place. This is designed to help teams move more quickly from an alert to assessing what happened and deciding what action may be needed.

Customer demand

John Yang outlined the business case for the launch.

"Enterprise growth increasingly depends on how effectively organisations can collaborate across complex networks of employees, customers and partners. The leaders we speak with are looking for ways to scale those interactions without adding friction to the business. ShareFile Enterprise helps address that challenge with a platform built for the needs of large organisations," said John Yang, Vice President, APJ, Progress.

The launch reflects a broader shift in how businesses approach document collaboration as governance requirements become more demanding, Progress said. As more users interact with sensitive files across larger networks, manual control layers can increase operational costs and place extra pressure on IT and security staff.

This is particularly relevant for organisations in regulated sectors, where client records, financial information and legal documents often move across internal teams and external advisers. In those settings, firms are under pressure to preserve ease of use while maintaining tighter oversight of sharing, downloads and unusual access activity.

Scott Jenkins, Director of Information Technology, Keel Point, described how those needs are changing.

"What became clear to us is that client collaboration is about much more than where files live. We need the right controls, secure client experiences and workflows to support how we work with clients, families and their advisors. ShareFile gives us that foundation, and Enterprise gives us an opportunity to strengthen it with even greater security, governance and visibility," said Scott Jenkins.

Broader strategy

The launch also fits into Progress's wider effort to position its software around governance, oversight and operational control for business processes and data. ShareFile Enterprise applies those themes to document collaboration by focusing on administration, policy enforcement and monitoring rather than file storage alone.

Loren Jarrett, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Digital Experience, Progress, said the company sees limits in how large organisations have managed collaboration tools in recent years.

"For most of the last decade, as enterprises' needs for document collaboration have scaled, they have had to layer manual security and administration work on top of the tools their teams use. With today's governance and security standards, that model is reaching its limits. With the new ShareFile Enterprise offering, organisations can gain built-in control as collaboration grows, without scaling manual administration and disconnected processes. That means better outcomes and more time spent supporting the business," said Loren Jarrett.