File Access Reporting?

[kaoboda]

Is there any 3rd party add-ons that allow for reporting who, when and if the file was opened, edited, etc?

 

[PuterLuver]

check this out:

http://www.evansprogramming.com/tracker.asp

-PuterLuver

 

[Claudek]

Perhaps you may want to test if Windows 2003 can give you the information you wish to view before getting a 3rd party product. Windows 2003 object access auditing has been enhanced from Windows 2000. It will show not only when a file was accessed/closed but now also records if a user actually performs a given operation while the file is open. As this informaiton is logged in the security log, it can be saved/exported for auditing purposes (quite easy to filter as well).




Claudius (What certifications??)

http://www.iteq.com.au

 

[kaoboda]

Claudek,

Yes, but I need something that will sling out reports as our HIPAA policy will require ad-hoc reporting, etc to go to non-IT people.

 

[Claudek]

Yeah, I understand. Reporting can be a nightmare. I created a scripting solution myself which checks and imports log entries into an access database. I created reports in it which allowed me to filter out events in a presentable format. As all the information is in a database, my reports can generate all the information I require as I want. Took me a month to get it the way I liked. Not sure how HIPAA-savvy it is though.

For a commercial product to do all this for you, perhaps something like

http://www.doriansoft.com/HIPAA/

is what you're after.





Claudius (What certifications??)

http://www.iteq.com.au