Custody you can draw
One diagram: browser, Worker metadata, customer bucket. Assessors follow it without a vendor storage asterisk.
For enterprises
Enterprise BYOS file exchangewith files in your cloud
Move branded share, file-request, and workspaces onto storage and identity you already operate. Keep protocol MFT for the lane that still earns its keep.
CISOs who watched 2023-class MFT incidents want fewer places that hold everyone's files. Bridge mints access into your Blob, GCS, or S3 and leaves workforce identity in Entra or Google Workspace. Use it for branded share, file-request, and workspaces.
CISO architecture review · SIEM first · Files in your cloud
Move the sharing slice onto storage you operate
Most large estates have two jobs glued together under one "MFT" contract. Job one: scheduled, protocol-heavy exchanges with banks, logistics providers, and EDI partners. Job two: people sending and requesting sensitive files through a branded HTTPS portal.
IBM Sterling, Axway, Broadcom, OpenText, Cleo, Progress MOVEit, Fortra GoAnywhere, SSH Tectia, Signiant, Primeur, and GlobalSCAPE all sell some mix of those jobs. After CVE-class incidents on internet-facing transfer and admin surfaces, job two is the one security teams want off central custody first.
Enterprise BYOS file exchange is Bridge: branded share, file-request, and workspaces on storage you already operate. Keep the incumbent on the protocol lane if that lane still earns its keep.
What the CISO review should test
Where are bytes at rest? Customer storage (Blob, GCS, or S3), with CMEK or encryption scope where you already standardised.
Who can mint access? The Worker, using user-delegation SAS, V4, or SigV4, not a long-lived account key copied into a ticket.
What hits SIEM? Hash-chained events, replayable, to Sentinel or Splunk.
What is the scan story? Name the engine: MetaDefender default, customer webhook, or Defender Event Grid.
White-label matters when the portal is customer or partner facing. Internal-only handoffs can still use your theme so diligence screenshots look like your company.
Compare pages for GoAnywhere, MOVEit, and Kiteworks show how Bridge differs on custody. Architecture is the differentiator you can defend.
Run Bridge beside the protocol lane
Leave Sterling or Axway on the EDI lane. Point legal, corporate development, HR investigations, and vendor due diligence at Bridge. Turn off the incumbent's ad hoc HTTPS sharing if that is the noisy, internet-facing piece you no longer want to patch as a file store.
Dropbox Business, ShareFile, and Tresorit buyers are closer to this page than to a protocol RFP. They usually already custody bytes. The wedge is SIEM plus BYOS plus white-label.
Rollout that security and ops will both sign
Pilot one business unit with a real file-request: third-party risk questionnaires, auditor PBC lists, or customer evidence packs. Connect existing Blob, GCS, or S3. Federate Entra. Stream audit to the SIEM the SOC already staffs. Decide MetaDefender versus a customer scanner or Defender Event Grid before go-live, not after the first quarantine argument.
Then publish an internal "use Bridge for this / keep MFT for that" note so every team uses the same path.
Enterprise outcomes
A smaller sharing attack surface, with files in storage you already operate.
Identity you already enforce
Entra or Google Workspace for staff, SAML where that is the standard, step-up on admin mutations.
Audit in the SOC toolchain
Sentinel, Splunk HEC, webhook, or Pub/Sub. CSV for the teams that still live in GRC uploads.
What you take to CISO review
In the product
- BYOS mint-only sharing, file-request, and workspaces on Blob, GCS, or S3
- Entra, Google Workspace, SAML; guest work login, email one-time code, then passkey / TOTP when you require MFA
- White-label customer hostname
- Quarantine including Defender Event Grid path, local DLP, watermark
- Hash-chained audit and SIEM replay
- US / AU / EU metadata cells
What you can show
- Files at rest in Blob, GCS, or S3 you already operate
- Staff identity in Entra or Google Workspace
- Audit in the SIEM the SOC already staffs
- White-label portal for customers and partners
- A custody diagram assessors can follow without a vendor file warehouse
- A sharing slice you can move without a protocol migration
Ready to move sharing onto storage you already operate?
Request enterprise Bridge access. We will map branded share, file-request, and workspaces onto your Blob, GCS, or S3.
Frequently asked questions
- Can we keep GoAnywhere or MOVEit for SFTP?
Yes. That is the coexistence model. Bridge takes branded share, file-request, and workspaces. Classic MFT keeps protocols until a deal funds otherwise.
- Is this a Kiteworks replacement?
Yes when you want a SaaS control plane plus BYOS instead of an appliance private content network. Read the Kiteworks compare page for the side-by-side.
- Where does Bridge store files?
Object bytes stay in your Blob, GCS, or S3 bucket. Neon holds metadata and audit.
- What identity do partners use?
Their Microsoft or Google work login when available, otherwise a one-time email code to the invited mailbox, then passkey or TOTP when you require MFA.
- Do you have Outlook or Teams integration?
Staff send and receive from the branded portal today. Send via Bridge in Outlook and Teams is available as Preview for allowlisted tenants. Bytes still upload client-side to your storage.
- Will this pass our secure SDLC review?
Bring the threat model and shared-responsibility docs into the access conversation. Architecture, audit export, and BYOS custody are what your review will inspect.
- How do we start?
Request Bridge access, name the business unit and the incumbent sharing tool, and bring storage, IdP, and SIEM owners.