Quick summary Admins for select Google Workspace editions can update their client-side encryption configurations to include Drive for Desktop. When enabled, users can synchronize their Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides files with Drive for De…
New security alerts for highly sensitive changes to Google Workspace configurations
What’s changing In the Alert Center, admins will now be notified of select critical and sensitive changes made to their Google Workspace configurations. Specifically, we will issue an alert when any of the following events are surfaced in the audi…
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – June 24, 2022
New updates Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not…
Data Loss Prevention for Drive helps protect sensitive data when users upload files to external Google Forms, now generally available
Quick summary In April, we announced a beta that allows users to respond to external forms that contain file upload questions, while also helping to prevent the leak of sensitive and confidential information. This feature is now generally ava…
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – June 17, 2022
New updatesThere are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements. Previous announcements The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to th…
Export search results to .CSV files from the security investigation tool
Quick summary In addition to a Google Sheets file, admins can now download log event data from the security investigation tool to as a .CSV file. This will allow admins to further analyze data outside of the tool. The export limit for .CSV files i…
VirusTotal integration with the security investigation tool provides deeper insight into Chrome events
What’s changing You can now use VirusTotal to view deeper insights on Chrome log events in the Security Investigation Tool. This ability is already available for Gmail event logs. Who’s impacted Admins Why it’s important Admins…
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – June 10, 2022
New updates Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not…
Context-Aware Access remediator provides more context for access denials
What’s changing Admins using Context-Aware Access can now provide more information to end users when their access is blocked using the user remediation feature. This feature will help end users quickly understand what steps they need to take to re…
Copy your client-side encrypted Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files
Quick summary If you have client-side encryption enabled for Docs, Sheets and Slides, you can now make a copy of an existing encrypted document, spreadsheet or presentation. Encryption will be preserved when copies of the file are made. This featu…