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DavidBerg
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Alerts/logs for admin access to specific team folders

Hi   We have a Dropbox Biz plan with multiple team folders set up. Team Admins in Dropbox, through the Content function in the admin panel, can look into the tree, enter these team folders and ev...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey there DavidBerg - thanks for posting on our Community and happy Monday!

     

    I'm not sure if this would help, but are you familiar with the security alerts feature? If not, could you have a look here and let me know if this would do the trick for you?

     

    Otherwise, you might want to change admin rights or permissions as outlined here and/or even check your events page for more information. 

     

    Keep me posted anyhow!

Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 years ago

Hey there DavidBerg - thanks for posting on our Community and happy Monday!

 

I'm not sure if this would help, but are you familiar with the security alerts feature? If not, could you have a look here and let me know if this would do the trick for you?

 

Otherwise, you might want to change admin rights or permissions as outlined here and/or even check your events page for more information. 

 

Keep me posted anyhow!

DavidBerg's avatar
DavidBerg
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Thanks Walter, appreciate the reply. The limitation of the alerts for my use case is they are predefined, I can not tailor them to a specific folder within Dropbox.

 

I could probably use events post factum, but that then (as far as I know) does not allow me to configure a notification when the specific use case I'm after (opening a file in the specific team folder by one of the admins) is occuring.

 

Does the Dropbox API allow to query on these type of events (admin or user access to specific folders in Dropbox), as if so I could explore to potentially link that with a 3rd party SIEM to get the notifications configured?

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Hey DavidBerg, sorry to jump in here.

     

    I believe that our Dropbox Business API page should provide you with several info on access and member file access that will be helpful to you.

     

    Cheers!

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