Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 105 Lab Activity 3-5: Audit Policy Suppose your sales manager is working on a bid proposal and wants to track every- one who opens the file or changes its content. These events can be audited to help protect the integrity of the data in the bid proposal. Note: this exercise is based on Windows 10, and you will need administrative access to the system. 1. Create a new document in Microsoft Word, and add your name to the file. 2. Save the file as SalesBid in your working folder for this class, and exit Word. You will audit for users who are able to view and make changes to the file. 3. Click the Windows Start button, and enter group policy in the search box. Select Edit group policy in the results to open the Group Policy Editor application. 4. In the left-hand pane, expand the tree Computer Configuration Windows Settings Security Settings Local Policies and select the Audit Policy branch. 5. In the right-hand pane, double-click Audit object access. The Audit object access Properties dialog box is displayed, as shown. 6. Check the Success check box, and then click the OK button. Editing and saving the word-processing file is a “success event.” 7. Close the Group Policy Editor. 8. Launch File Explorer, navigate to your working folder, right-click on the SalesBid document, and click Properties in the shortcut menu. 9. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab, and then click the Advanced button. 10. In the Advanced Security Settings dialog box, click the Auditing tab. Click the Continue button in the middle of the tab to acknowledge the warning. 11. Click the Add button at the bottom of the tab. A new dialog box is displayed for adding an auditing entry. You first need to select the principal, which is the user to audit. 12. Click the Select a principal link. In the new dialog box that is displayed, click in the Enter the object name to select: text box, enter everyone, and click the OK button. Check Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
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