Connect Idaptive to Files.com over SAML 2.0. Your team signs in with the login they already have, under the same sign-in rules Idaptive enforces everywhere else. New people get access automatically. People who leave lose it automatically, so no one keeps a way into your files after they go. And Files.com adds folder-level control and a full record on top, so you can prove who could reach what when the audit asks.
Idaptive is the sign-in service now under CyberArk, formerly the Centrify identity service. It handles company logins with MFA and device checks. File transfer should sit behind that same sign-in policy. Files.com connects over standard SAML 2.0 and syncs over SCIM, so file access follows Idaptive's logins and rules directly.
Your team signs in to Files.com with their Idaptive login, under the same sign-in rules Idaptive applies everywhere else. There's no separate password to manage and no second set of sign-in rules to keep in step, so file transfer can't drift out of policy.
Add someone in Idaptive and they get Files.com access right away, over the web, SFTP, and the Desktop App at once. Turn them off in Idaptive and their access is gone. (This is SCIM doing the work.) So you set up no file accounts by hand, and a person who leaves can't keep access someone forgot to pull.
You can sync your whole Idaptive directory into Files.com without paying for everyone in it. A seat only counts once a person signs in for the first time. People who never log in cost nothing, so you can provision broadly and still pay only for the people who actually use file transfer.
Idaptive runs its MFA and device checks before a person ever reaches Files.com, so the rules you already trust apply to file transfer with nothing to rebuild. For outside accounts Idaptive doesn’t manage, Files.com adds its own 2FA. That second factor also covers FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV, so a partner can’t skip MFA by connecting over SFTP instead of the browser.
Files.com connects to Idaptive over SAML 2.0. That is the same standard sign-in method every other SAML provider uses, and it also carries the automatic SCIM sync. There's nothing special to build, so the connection goes in fast and there's no custom integration to keep working later.
Idaptive confirms who is signing in, and how strongly. It doesn't decide which folders that person can touch, or record what they do. Files.com adds that part. You get nine levels of access, set per person or group, folder by folder, with every sign-in, sync, and permission change in the audit log.
Nine levels of access, set per person or group, folder by folder. You can block a folder and fence off admins, so each person sees only the files their job needs. Your Idaptive groups feed straight into it, so you manage file access from the directory you already run instead of keeping a second list in step by hand.
Every create, update, and removal Idaptive sends is written to a detailed SCIM Log in plain JSON. If a new account didn't show up the way you expected, you can see exactly what Idaptive sent and why, so a provisioning problem takes minutes to pin down instead of a support ticket and a guess.
Every sign-in, sync, and permission change is logged and exportable, so when the audit asks who could reach what and when, you hand over the record instead of reconstructing it.
Require Files.com 2FA on partners and outside accounts that aren't in Idaptive. Use a hardware key or an authenticator app. That requirement holds over their FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV connections, so the accounts your directory can't see still meet the same bar as your staff.
With SCIM 2.0, Idaptive creates, updates, and turns off Files.com users on its own. A change in Idaptive shows up in file access without anyone touching Files.com, so onboarding and offboarding are one step in one place instead of two lists to keep in step.
If you don't turn on SCIM, Files.com makes an account the first time someone signs in (JIT). That gets you running with no provisioning setup. It can't remove people later, so turn on SCIM when you need departing users shut off automatically.
For accounts Idaptive doesn't manage, Files.com 2FA covers FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV, not only the website. So a partner can't slip past your MFA by switching from the browser to an SFTP client. Use a hardware key or an authenticator app, with SMS and email as backups.
You can connect several Idaptive instances to a single Files.com site. So when separate business units each run their own Idaptive, they all share one Files.com site without you forcing them onto one directory first.
This is the main connection. Set Files.com up as an app in Idaptive over SAML, then point Files.com back at Idaptive. Now your team signs in with their Idaptive login, and the same connection carries SCIM, so one setup gets you both sign-in and automatic provisioning.
Turn on SCIM from Idaptive to have it create, update, and remove Files.com users by itself and keep groups in sync. This is what shuts off access automatically when someone leaves.
Nothing extra to set up. This is what runs when SCIM is off. An account is made the first time a person signs in. Good for getting started fast. It can't remove people, so add SCIM when you need that.
A person clicks Sign in with Idaptive on the Files.com login page, confirms their identity through Idaptive, and lands in their account. No separate password.
When you assign someone to Files.com in Idaptive, SCIM creates their account, drops them in the right groups, and applies their folder permissions. All of this happens before they sign in, so a new hire opens Files.com on day one with the right access already set and nothing for IT to do.
Turn someone off in Idaptive and the next sync shuts off their Files.com account across the web, SFTP, and the Desktop App. So the moment they leave the directory, no door to your files is left open.
Idaptive runs its MFA for your own staff. Partner accounts you create in Files.com can be required to use Files.com 2FA, and that holds over their SFTP connections.
The folder-by-folder, nine-level access that your Idaptive groups feed into.
Learn MoreWhere every Idaptive sign-in and permission change is recorded in a record you can export.
Learn MoreHow 2FA and folder permissions reach FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV, not just the browser a person signs into.
Learn MoreRules that decide how long files stick around once someone has put them in Files.com.
Learn MoreCommon questions about how Files.com connects to Idaptive, what it costs, and what the integration actually does.
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