As remote and hybrid workplaces become the norm, organizations face a difficult challenge: empowering workers with collaboration and productivity tools they can use anytime, anywhere, while maintaining critical security, privacy and compliance measures (and reining in shadow IT).
Security and privacy features are baked into Google Workspace, providing you with control over system configuration and application settings to streamline authentication, asset protection and operational control. But how can you ensure you’re taking advantage of all the security features available to you—and addressing any gaps?
Here’s how to make the most of the security features in Google Workspace—and how you can take security up a notch with the help of a Google Workspace partner like Pythian.
Google Workspace Gmail protection: Many malware and ransomware attacks make their way into an organization through email—or, rather, an unsuspecting employee opening up a malicious attachment or clicking on a malicious link. That’s why a cloud-based email platform makes sense, especially one like Gmail, with advanced phishing and malware protection that prevents more than 99.9 percent of spam, phishing, spoofing and malware from reaching users’ inboxes. And with the enterprise version, IT managers can take this a step further by using Security Sandbox to set up rules for detecting suspicious attachments.
Pythian’s best practices for Gmail protection:
Google Workspace Drive protection: Even if local machines are compromised by malware or a ransomware attack, Google Drive files such as Docs, Sheets and Slides would be safe. With Drive’s revision history, data can be restored to a previous state. This, of course, won’t help with legacy files, so it’s a reason to consider switching to Google Drive for all file creation going forward.
Pythian’s best practices for Drive protection:
Google Workspace Account protection: User accounts come with built-in security designed to detect and block threats like spam, phishing and malware, and activity is stored using strong industry standards and practices.
Pythian’s best practices for Account protection:
Google Workspace Calendar protection: Calendar entries are stored securely in Google data centers, and data is encrypted in-transit and at rest. They’re also stored on user devices so users can easily access their calendar offline.
Pythian’s best practices for Calendar protection:
Your IT team may not have the time, resources or specific expertise with Google Workspace to configure, monitor and manage your Google ecosystem and stay on top of the latest security threats. And while there are security features baked into Workspace, you still need to configure them properly, set operational controls and continually monitor your environment.
Ensuring Google Workspace adheres to a company’s compliance and security framework is paramount to reducing risk. With Pythian, we make your Google Workspace better. We work as an extension of your IT team, providing personalized training, lightning-quick support and managed administration. You’ll get enhanced dedicated support and strategic guidance around the use of Google tools and optimization for security, privacy and compliance.
Our long-established Managed Google Workspace Administration practice encompasses a full range of services, from recommending the Google tools that best suit your needs, to training and support. We also offer a fixed-fee Google Workspace Security Assessment, which includes remediation, recommendations and implementation of Workspace’s configuration and security settings—helping to take your Google Workspace security up a notch.
Schedule a security audit with a Pythian Google Workspace and security expert today!