Standards-compliant B2B file exchange, without the legacy baggage.

AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) has been a cornerstone of secure B2B data exchange for decades. From retailers and manufacturers to healthcare providers and logistics networks, entire industries depend on AS2 for transmitting invoices, purchase orders, claims, and regulatory documents. Its reliability and ubiquity make it a standard that isn’t going away.

But the way most organizations implement AS2 hasn’t kept up with the times. Traditional deployments tie it to heavyweight, on-premise MFT suites. They demand costly hardware, constant certificate maintenance, specialized consultants, and painful scaling projects whenever volumes surge. The technology itself is solid — but the infrastructure around it has become fragile, expensive, and outdated.

Files.com changes the equation by delivering AS2 as a fully integrated capability of our cloud-native platform. No separate servers. No middleware. No consultants needed. Just configure your trading partner and start exchanging files, all under the same governance, scalability, and simplicity that power every other Files.com workflow.

This is AS2 without the headaches.

Standards You Can Trust, Delivered in a Modern Way

Files.com’s AS2 implementation is fully standards-compliant, built in accordance with RFC 4130 and compatible with all major AS2 clients and servers — including Sterling, Axway, Seeburger, and more. That means your trading partners never know the difference, except that files just work.

Message Disposition Notifications (MDNs) are automatic, giving you guaranteed proof-of-delivery and non-repudiation. Digital signatures and encryption ensure files remain secure in transit. And every transaction — inbound or outbound — is logged, time-stamped, and tied into your audit framework.

It’s the AS2 your partners expect, but embedded in a platform that removes the burden from your IT team.

Built-In Certificate Lifecycle Management

One of the biggest pain points with legacy AS2 is managing certificates. Expirations creep up, renewals slip through the cracks, and entire partner exchanges break overnight. Files.com makes certificate management part of the platform:

• Upload and manage certificates through a simple UI.
• Receive expiration alerts well before renewal dates.
• Rotate certificates without rewriting scripts or breaking workflows.
• Apply consistent policies across all partners.

Instead of juggling spreadsheets and manual processes, certificate management becomes governed, automated, and reliable.

Elastic Scaling for Modern Demands

Traditional AS2 servers struggle under seasonal spikes or sudden volume increases. Clustering is complex, tuning is endless, and scaling usually means overbuying licenses and hardware.

Files.com’s AS2 is cloud-native and elastic. Whether you’re processing a handful of messages a day or thousands an hour, the platform scales automatically. Seasonal spikes in retail, end-of-quarter financial settlements, or healthcare enrollment surges are absorbed without missed SLAs, failed transfers, or panicked calls to consultants.

You don’t have to architect for peak load. Files.com does it for you.

Unified Governance Across Every Protocol

Unlike legacy systems where AS2 sits in its own silo, Files.com treats it as part of the Unified File Fabric. That means every AS2 transfer inherits the same enterprise-grade governance as your SFTP, HTTPS, API, and automation flows:

• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and SSO.
• Fine-grained permissions and role-based access.
• Encryption at rest and in transit.
• Retention and lifecycle management.
• Unified audit logging and export to your SIEM.

From a compliance perspective, this is invaluable. Instead of stitching together fragmented logs from different tools, every action lives in the same governance framework, ready for HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, or ITAR reviews.

Simpler Onboarding, Faster Partnerships

AS2 is often mandated by retailers, manufacturers, and regulators. But in the legacy world, setting up a new trading partner could take weeks: installing servers, configuring VPNs, writing scripts, testing endlessly.

Files.com reduces this to minutes. Onboarding a partner is as simple as adding their identifiers, certificates, and endpoint information in the Files.com UI. No special hardware. No VPN. No lengthy consulting projects.

This speed doesn’t just benefit IT — it accelerates the entire business. Vendors and customers are up and running faster, supply chains flow more smoothly, and compliance deadlines are met without stress.

AS2 Integrated With Your Workflows

AS2 on Files.com is not an isolated feature. It’s embedded into the same workflow engine that powers your file automations and integrations.

• Inbound AS2 files can trigger downstream automations — copying to storage, transforming, or notifying teams.
• Outbound AS2 messages can be scheduled, initiated via API, or chained to other file events.
• Certificates, MDNs, and logs are unified into the same governance model as every other file action.

Instead of living in a separate system, AS2 becomes just another protocol under your control — flexible, automated, and fully auditable.

Business Benefits That Compound

By moving AS2 into the Unified File Fabric, Files.com delivers tangible benefits across IT, security, and operations:

• Lower total cost of ownership: Eliminate license fees, on-prem hardware, and expensive support contracts.
• Stronger compliance: Audit trails, MDNs, and certificate lifecycle management built in.
• Greater resilience: Automatic retries, resumable transfers, and network fault tolerance.
• Faster partner onboarding: Configure connections as easily as SFTP.
• Simplified operations: One platform handles AS2, SFTP, HTTPS, APIs, and more.

AS2 stops being a specialized headache and becomes a streamlined part of your modern file strategy.

Differentiators That Matter

What makes Files.com’s AS2 different from the legacy vendors?

• Cloud-native architecture: No servers, appliances, or middleware.
• Elastic scaling: Handle thousands of messages without capacity planning.
• Unified governance: Encryption, retention, MFA/SSO, and logging apply automatically.
• Self-service setup: Business teams can configure trading partners without waiting on specialists.
• Hybrid flexibility: Extend AS2 into on-prem environments with the Files.com Agent when needed.

It’s AS2 designed for today’s enterprise, not yesterday’s infrastructure.

Industry Applications

• Retail & CPG: Exchange purchase orders, invoices, and product data with major retailers that mandate AS2.
• Manufacturing: Share shipping notices, inventory reports, and supplier data in standardized formats.
• Healthcare: Transmit HIPAA-compliant claims and records securely with full auditability.
• Logistics: Integrate shipment data across carriers, customs brokers, and 3PL partners.
• Finance: Exchange settlement files or regulatory submissions with guaranteed non-repudiation.

Wherever AS2 is required, Files.com makes it practical, scalable, and governed.

The Future of AS2 in a Unified Fabric

AS2 isn’t going away — too many industries and trading networks rely on it. But the way it’s been delivered historically doesn’t fit the modern enterprise. Files.com bridges that gap by embedding AS2 directly into the same platform you already use for secure file exchange, automation, and compliance.

Instead of maintaining separate servers, licenses, and logs, you get one platform that does it all. AS2 flows under the same governance as every other protocol. Partner onboarding becomes fast and self-service. Scaling happens automatically. Compliance reporting is always at your fingertips.

This is not just AS2 rehosted in the cloud. It’s AS2 reimagined as part of a unified, modern file fabric.

Files.com: The AS2 your partners demand, delivered the way your business needs.