The University holds a huge amount of sensitive data, much of which is subject to strict requirements about how and where it can be stored. The File Access Auditing service can enable you to satisfy these compliance requirements.
This service is available free of charge to any customer with a Storage filestore.
Yes. We can selectively enable auditing on one or more folder. When auditing is enabled, all files and folders within the nominated folder(s), including any new folders that you create within it/them, are automatically audited.
No, the software doesn't stop data from being moved, so your users need to be aware of this. However, it does audit what data was moved, by whom, and when.
This isn't enabled by default, but it can be switched on if required.
No, the solution will record who changed the file, and when, but not what the change was.
If you want to see details of the changes, you can use the Previous Version feature in Windows Explorer to view any file differences.
We can retain the auditing information for longer, but in most cases 5 years is sufficient. If you require a longer retention period, please contact us (itsupport@york.ac.uk) to discuss this.