Why does the Perl component "NET::SFTP" is not available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7?

Issue

• The Perl component NET::SFTP is not available on newer versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• How can I connect via SFTP using a Perl script?
• There is a security requirement to stop using FTP connections in Perl scripts using the following module and start using SFTP. What does it need to be installed in order to achieve this?

use Net::FTP;