Certified File Transfer Professional (CFTP)
A Pro2col brand since 2017
The only vendor-independent file transfer certification for IT professionals
File transfer is a continually evolving landscape of new compliance requirements, changing security standards and enhanced product features. It’s also notoriously difficult to prove your knowledge to current or future employers.
The CFTP is the only vendor-independent file transfer training programme that will enhance and certify your knowledge.
It is ideal for IT professionals wanting to learn more about secure file transfer, or those wanting to certify existing knowledge ahead of their next promotion or job move.
This low cost user-friendly e-learning programme will have a big impact on your IT career.
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CFTP benefits

Become more employable
Leading companies in finance, insurance, consulting and many other industries hire CFTP qualified staff around the world. Hundreds of people across four continents have been trained on file transfer concepts and technology though the CFTP programme.

CPD certified
The CFTP course is CPD accredited (Continuing Professional Development). This means it has been independently assessed by the CPD Certification Service, and meets their rigorous standards. You’ll be able to add at least seven hours to your CPD record.

Update your knowledge
Data protection law and file transfer technology continually evolves. CFTP knowledge can contribute towards key areas of compliance and standards such as GDPR or FIPS 140-2. Plus it’s vendor-independent, so knowledge is transferable across different products.

Online course
This is easy to consume online training. Work through the course materials at your own pace, then take the open book exam when you’re ready. It is completely flexible around you, whatever time of the day or night.

Created by experts
The CFTP certification programme was created with the help of well renowned experts within the file transfer industry. Contributors include file transfer solution vendors as well as consultancies and professionals.

Quick and cost-effective
There are no lengthy modules or waiting for results. We estimate that most data transfer professionals can complete the CFTP programme within eight hours. It is a low cost way to improve and certify your knowledge.
“Welcome to the home of the CFTP training programme. Our aim is to give IT professionals the file transfer training they need to implement secure file transfer in their organisations, whilst giving a professional certification to the learner. Focus on file transfer is becoming more and more important with compliance standards such as GDPR. The secure transfer of files and personally identifiable data needs to be processed correctly. An understanding of the technology and its capabilities will help organisations to stay compliant, improve efficiency and save time. We hope you find the course useful and look forward to welcoming you to the CFTP community.”
Managing Director, Pro2col Ltd and Programme Lead, CFTP
Getting started is simple:

STEP 1 : Purchase the course
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STEP 2 : Work through course content

STEP 3 : Take the open book exam

STEP 4 : Download your certification
Programme overview
Certification
- Downloadable certificate of achievement
- CPD certificate can be requested
- Digital badge for CVs, LinkedIn etc
Course Content
Lesson 1: Managed File Transfer (MFT) Concepts
Module includes the following:
- When to use and when not to use MFT
- Clients and servers – what are the differences?
- How different protocols provide data at rest and data in motion
- Introduction into encryption, hashing and PKI, with practical examples
- Overview of IPv4 and IPv6 and how changes may affect MFT

Lesson 2: Basic Protocols
Explains how the commonly used file transfer protocols operate:
- FTP and FTPS – what they are, how they work
- Active versus Passive mode
- Implicit versus Explicit mode
- How SFTP works and why you might want to use it
- Key and certificate authentication

Lesson 3: Advanced Protocols
Examines other protocols that may be used:
- HTTP, HTTPS, advanced web-based file transfers and WebDAV – how and where you would use each one
- Email protocols
- NDM (Connect:DIRECT)

Lesson 4: Applicability Statement Protocols
Takes the mystique out of the AS* protocols:
- Detailed review of AS1, AS2 & AS3
- Synchronous versus Asynchronous
- MDNs

Lesson 5: Accelerated File Transfer
Covers UDP-based file acceleration and related techniques for transferring large files quickly:
- Why UDP is preferable over TCP for large transfers
- Multi-threading

Lesson 6: File Synchronization and Sharing
A look at this fast-growing segment of MFT:
- End-user transfers with email plugins
- Collaboration spaces in MFT systems

Lesson 7: “At Rest” Encryption
Covers UDP-based file acceleration and related techniques for transferring large files quickly:
- Why UDP is preferable over TCP for large transfers
- Multi-threading

Lesson 8: File Transfer Operations
Exploration of the less well defined areas of MFT
- Troubleshooting transfer
- Service level agreements
- Workflows
- Scheduling and triggers

CFTP advisors and contributors
An expert panel has contributed to the CFTP course content, reviews and updates. This includes developers of JSCAPE, South River Technologies, Coviant, Ipswitch (now Progress), Serv-U, SolarWinds and other products. We would like to thank all our consultants, vendors and other experts for their valued input.





CFTP Pricing options

Up to 4 users - $299 per student
Purchase the online CFTP course for yourself or your colleagues. Upon purchase, we will contact you to set up your colleagues’ access.

Five users or more - Prices depend on the number of users
Organisations who want to purchase five or more places for CFTP training are offered discounted pricing and bespoke course delivery options.