Case Study: Raymond James achieves Sarbanes‑Oxley compliance and automated secure file transfers with Progress WS_FTP Professional

Leading Financial Firm Puts Stock in WS_FTP® for Security and Compliance

Raymond James Financial, a large U.S. financial services firm with thousands of locations, needed a secure, auditable way to distribute client data after adopting Sarbanes‑Oxley requirements. The firm faced the challenge of protecting sensitive information, keeping detailed transfer records, and reducing manual processing while scaling to meet growing transfer requests.

They implemented WS_FTP Professional to provide 256‑bit AES encryption over SSL/FTPS, SSH/SFTP and HTTPS, plus SHA‑256/512 integrity checks, transfer histories, logs and automated email notifications. Integrated scripting, scheduling and executable wrapping let Raymond James embed transfers into existing workflows, delivering SOX compliance, reduced manual effort, reliable auditing, and scalable, automated file handling.

Raymond James

John Beede

Team Lead