Protect the Google Workspace accounts that hold firm email, client files, shared drives, and administrative access.
An attacker may still have a connected application, Gmail forwarding or filters, delegated access, an application password, or control of the recovery method. Those paths can keep working after the user changes the main password.
Google Workspace records access and activity in its own way. We review the Google identity, connected applications, Chrome, Gmail, Drive, sharing, and audit history together instead of applying a Microsoft checklist to a different platform.
How we protect the Google accounts your firm depends on. Stronger 2-Step Verification. Administrators and sensitive roles move to passkeys or security keys first. We also plan enrolment and recovery carefully so the backup process does not become the easy way around the protection. Access rules that reflect real work. Where licensing supports it, Context-Aware Access considers the person, device, location, and application before granting access. Control over connected applications. We review what each application can reach, who owns it, and whether it still has a business purpose. Staff should not be able to give every new integration broad access by default. Checking Gmail for access left behind. Every investigation covers filters, forwarding, routing, delegation, send-as settings, and suspicious messages. Watching Drive and administrator activity. Sensitive sharing, large downloads, role changes, account recovery, and security setting changes receive closer review because they can expose much more than one inbox. A complete Google account response. We revoke sessions and tokens, review connected applications and recovery paths, remove access the attacker left behind, and preserve the useful audit history.
What the person accountable for Google Workspace can see. Who strong sign-in protects. The record shows enrolment, enforcement, method strength, administrator coverage, and any exceptions that still need a decision. Which applications can reach firm data. Every connected application has a named owner, its requested access, a business purpose, and a decision to keep, restrict, or remove it. What happened during an investigation. Login, token, Gmail, Drive, and administrator activity are brought into one timeline instead of relying on what someone remembers. When sensitive settings were last reviewed. Administrator roles, recovery, sharing, routing, external access, and key security settings have an owner and a date for the next review.
A good fit for firms that run email, files, and collaboration primarily in Google Workspace; have years of connected applications and user approvals that nobody has reviewed as a whole; want Google-specific monitoring and a defined response when an account looks wrong.
Important limits. The Google Workspace edition you hold affects which native safeguards are available. Google Vault serves retention and legal discovery. It does not replace independent backup and tested recovery. A live compromise may create legal, insurance, privacy, and client obligations. Those decisions remain with your counsel, insurer, and leadership.