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Monitor changes to folder and file permissions - automated reporting

Two questions:  
1 - What is the best software to monitor and automatically report changes to folder and file permissions in Windows Server 2012 for domain admins?
2 - Same question, but easy to understand by a non-techy end user?

If the answer is one & the same, all the better.

I have a user with highly confidential information in a c:/data/home$/username folder.  The user wants to know (in addition to ME knowing, SHE wants to know) if/when any changes are made to the permissions on her files/folders.

Thanks for your help!
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Yes.  Due to a domain changeover and server moves, permissions were lost and re-established, with her directory being open because of inherited permissions from a parent folder.
With ADAudit Plus anyway, you should be able to schedule reports. However, getting this product because of ONE user's concerns (unless it's the head of the company) I think is not a worthwhile investment. However, you are going to have to show that you have the situation under control and rebuild trust over time.

Now if you have audit and compliance requirements that would make these tools useful and necessary anyway, that's a different story. But you can always allow it up the chain and see if they'd approve anyway.
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It is the executive director (of all people!).
I was afraid you were going to say that. Well, get the numbers together for adding the capability and be ready to advise whether it is a worthwhile investment. Also start looking at other security mechanisms that could be put into place. I would also be ready to start providing security reports on the weekly basis to provide some sort of comfort. This actually has the potential to get an investment in security and IT as a whole that you may have been lacking for quite a while.