Case Study: Irish Local Authority achieves secure, auditable external file transfers with FileCloud

Irish Local Authority Chooses FileCloud for Secure External Transfers

An Irish local authority with a €372 million budget and about 2,000 staff spread across 120 sites needed a secure way to share large, often highly sensitive citizen records (housing, health, planning, etc.) while meeting strict GDPR requirements. A major inter-authority data transfer highlighted risks with existing methods and staff were hesitant to use OneDrive for external exchanges, so the council sought a solution that guaranteed data integrity and traceability.

They deployed FileCloud for external file transfers, leveraging granular audit trails, access controls, real‑time alerts, and detailed reporting to verify receipt and downloads. The system enabled a secure, speedy inter-authority handover, eliminated insecure workarounds and email attachment limits, cut service‑desk tickets, and scaled from an initial 30 users to several hundred as the council made FileCloud its exclusive external sharing platform.