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DreamingUser100
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I'd like to see files that users copy locally

Your FAQ document cites "File-level activity includes adding, editing, moving, and deleting files" but not copying. This reporting within the Dropbox admin console only allows me to see activities th...
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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey DreamingUser100, thanks for reaching out to us today.

 

A team admin on a Dropbox Business Advanced team should be able to access team activity for such a file operation.

 

If you go to the Activity tab in your admin console, and click on "Add activity" in the "activity" section, then select "file operations", you should be able to see a "downloaded files and/or folders" option.

 

This, of course, is available for actions taken online. At the moment, there's no way to monitor this in the Dropbox folder.

 

We appreciate your feedback in this case and I will make sure to pass your comments along to our team.

 

If you have any further questions, please let us know.

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DreamingUser100
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Thanks Hannah. I cannot stress enough how useful this would be to monitor this in the Dropbox folder as this is where our largest security blind spot is. We have tried working with our SOC to use other Window event logs to track this but simply cannot find a way to do so as of yet. 

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    I definitely understand your concern, DreamingUser100, and I've passed your feedback about this to our team.

     

    If you need anything else, don't hesitate to reach out again.

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