Content security in the Files app
In addition to securing access controls, protecting content directly ensures that digital assets retain their value even as Aspera on Cloud users collaborate to develop, exchange, and deliver content. This article collects and describes configuration options that administrators and users can set in the Files app to protect content assets.
Admin controls
By default, collaboration in the Files app is unrestricted. But as an admin, you can apply increasingly restrictive controls to sharing actions available to Files app members.
Global: Admin > Applications > Files
Workspace: Admin > Workspaces > workspaceName > Applications > Files
- Prevent app users from sharing with unauthenticated recipients; restrict the use of public links: Who can share folders via public links
- Prevent app users from sharing with non-workspace members: Who can share folders with external users
- Allow sharing with designated non-workspace members only; list specific external users as the only valid recipients: Who are eligible eternal users
- Prevent accidental sharing with the entire workspace: Who can share folders with the entire workspace
- Require external users to create an AoC account and log in to receive a package
User controls
As an admin, you can establish workflows that guide your workspace members how to use these additional content security measures:
- Apply content permissions to shared content
- Require a password to access content shared using a public link
- Unshare a folder