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Stream Every Files.com File-Activity Event Into Sumo Logic

Files.com keeps a record of everything that happens to your files — every login, upload, download, automation run, and outside connection. This integration sends that record into Sumo Logic as it happens, so file activity becomes searchable on the same dashboards your security team already runs.

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Why Teams Stream Files.com Into Sumo Logic

Your team already sends system and app logs into Sumo Logic. File movement is usually the gap — logins, uploads and downloads, automation runs, and outside connections all happen inside the file platform. Files.com becomes a Sumo Logic data source, sending its own activity in so file events line up with the rest of your data instead of sitting off on their own.

File Activity Becomes Searchable

Files.com sends logins, uploads, downloads, automation runs, external connections, and API calls into Sumo Logic the moment they happen, so your security team can watch and dig into file events on the dashboards they already run.

The Simplest Setup of the Bunch

Files.com sends events to a Sumo Logic HTTP source. The token that secures it is already baked into the source address Sumo Logic gives you — so there's nothing separate to configure. Paste the URL, name it, done.

You Choose Which Logs Stream

Everything streams by default. If you only want some of it, pick what each Sumo Logic collector gets — and split it by environment, one set to dev, another to prod.

A Tamper-Proof Record Behind the Stream

The events come from the Files.com audit log, which can't be edited and is kept for 7+ years. Sumo Logic does the searching and alerting; Files.com holds the original, trustworthy record.

One Feed for Security, Ops, and Compliance

The same stream carries login activity, transfer volumes, and automation results. So spotting anomalies, planning capacity, and pulling audit reports all draw from one feed.

The Control Sumo Logic Watches but Doesn't Provide

Sumo Logic reads the events; it doesn't decide who can touch which files or keep the record of what they did. Files.com does that part — access folder by folder, every action written to a record that can't be changed, and the same company logins your team already uses.

Give People Access to Only Their Folders

Hand each team, project, or person the exact folders they need. The person you see in a Sumo Logic query is the same account Files.com controls access for.

A Record of Everything That Happens

Every login, upload, download, and permission change is written to a record that can’t be altered and is kept for 7+ years — the evidence a SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR review asks for, ready to report on in Sumo Logic.

The Same Logins Your Company Already Uses

People sign in with your company login through SSO, SAML, and SCIM. When someone leaves, you cut their file access in one place.

Encrypted Delivery, Rotated by Source

The stream to Sumo Logic is encrypted. Since the token lives in the source address, you rotate the credential by rotating the source — and Files.com logs the act of sending so a failed delivery is easy to spot.

Connect Sumo Logic the Way That Fits Your Workload

Live Stream Into Sumo Logic

The main way most teams use this. Files.com sends each event into a Sumo Logic HTTP source the moment it happens, ready to monitor and investigate. This is an Enterprise-plan feature; it isn't on Starter or Power.

Drop Log Files in a Folder

Instead of a live stream, Files.com can write log files to a folder on a schedule you set, from every 5 minutes up to every 6 hours. Useful for batch ingest, a long-term archive, or a locked-down network — alongside the live feed.

What Teams Build With Sumo Logic on Files.com

Spot Logins and Downloads That Look Wrong

Files.com login and download events flow into Sumo Logic, where a rule can flag password-guessing attempts, repeated failed logins, or one account pulling far more files than usual — checked against activity from your other systems.

Pull Compliance Reports From One Place

Keep your Files.com file-activity record in Sumo Logic and run SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR audit reports from the same dashboard, all backed by the tamper-proof record.

Watch Volumes and Automation Health

Your IT team builds Sumo Logic dashboards on transfer volumes, usage patterns, and which automations succeed — trends over time for planning, live views for catching a job that broke.

Investigate Faster

After a suspected breach, your security team searches every Files.com event the account touched in Sumo Logic — uploads, downloads, outside connections, permission changes — all from the tamper-proof record.

Files.com Features That Pair With Sumo Logic

Audit Log

The 7+ year record that can't be altered — the trustworthy source every event sent to Sumo Logic comes from.

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Automations & Workflows

Every automation run is an event you can watch in Sumo Logic — so a job that breaks shows up instead of failing quietly.

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Compliance Reporting

SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR reports drawn from the same record you keep in Sumo Logic.

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Frequently Asked: Sumo Logic on Files.com

What buyers ask about how Files.com connects to Sumo Logic, what it costs, and what the integration actually does.

See Files.com Stream Into Your Sumo Logic

Start a free 7-day trial. Create a hosted collector, paste the Source Address, and watch file activity become searchable in Sumo Logic. No credit card required.

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