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.
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Idaptive (now CyberArk Identity, formerly the Centrify identity service) handles company logins with MFA and device checks. File transfer belongs 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 never set up a file account 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. Accounts Idaptive doesn't manage get Files.com's own 2FA instead.
Files.com connects to Idaptive over SAML 2.0, the same standard sign-in method every other SAML provider uses. 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.
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 lands in the audit log, and you can export all of it. 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 SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV connections, so the accounts your directory can't see get the same check as your staff.
Mixed sign-in runs on one site. Your staff sign in through Idaptive while outside partners use Files.com passwords or keys, side by side. So you never create directory accounts for people who don't belong in your directory.
You set the defaults every new account gets: the groups they join, the 2FA policy they inherit, and which protocols they can use. A new Idaptive user arrives with the right settings already applied, and nobody edits accounts after the fact.
Keep one Site Administrator on password sign-in. If Idaptive ever goes down, you can still get into Files.com to run the site, so your file transfer doesn’t inherit your identity provider’s downtime.
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.
Export the permissions report showing who holds which access, folder by folder, and pull the sign-in history to match. The answer is a download, not a project.
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 SFTP, FTP, 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 More“Files.com's strengths are simplicity, ease of use, and the cloud connectors. We don't have to invent custom infrastructure for every partner.”
“Files.com is versatile — it can manage many different situations from a single platform. We've consolidated multiple tools onto it.”
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What SCIM does the day someone leaves your directory, which connections Files.com 2FA covers, and when a synced Idaptive user starts counting as a paid seat.
Yes. Files.com connects to Idaptive (now part of CyberArk, formerly the Centrify identity service) over SAML 2.0, so your team signs in to Files.com with their Idaptive login.
Yes. With SCIM, Idaptive creates, updates, and turns off Files.com users on its own. If you don't turn on SCIM, Files.com instead makes accounts on first login (JIT), but JIT can't turn people off.
With SCIM turned on, you turn the person off in Idaptive and the next sync shuts off their Files.com account. That removes access over the web, SFTP, and the Desktop App.
No. Files.com only counts a seat once a person signs in for the first time. You can sync your whole Idaptive directory into Files.com and pay nothing for the people who never log in. See how Files.com pricing counts seats.
Yes. Files.com writes every create, update, and removal 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.
Yes. Idaptive runs its MFA and device checks before the person reaches Files.com. For outside accounts Idaptive doesn't manage, Files.com can also require its own 2FA, which covers SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV.
No. Signing in through Idaptive works for the website and the Files.com Desktop App. SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV connections use an SFTP key, an API key, or a password instead.
Yes. Files.com connects Idaptive, CyberArk Identity, and the Centrify identity service the same way: SAML 2.0 sign-in with SCIM account sync. Idaptive is the former Centrify identity service, now sold as CyberArk Identity, so whichever era of the product you run, the setup is identical.
Connect Idaptive over SAML, sign in with your Idaptive login, and see it work on your own files.
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