Google Drive will now let you spot anyone snooping around your company files
External activity will now show up in Google Drive audit logs
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Securing yourcloud storagesystems is set to get a significant boost thanks to a new update fromGoogle.
The company is updating itsGoogle Driveplatform to allow users to track external activity in their audit logs.
This should help admins spot any suspicious or unauthorized actions by external users, including attempts to copy, move or change data - keeping your important business information safe.
Google Drive audits
In ablog postannouncing the news, Google noted that the change can help admins see new audit log events related to potential exfiltration that they could not see before, say for example if an external guest user makes a copy of your document in their organization.
The Google Drive audit log includes content created across a range ofGoogle Workspaceapps, including the likes of Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and also monitors content uploaded to Drive, such as PDFs andMicrosoftWord files.
Google says the feature will be switched on by default, and has begun rolling out to all Google Workplace customers with the Drive audit log feature now.
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The news is the latest boost to Google Drive in recent weeks as the company launches a range of new tools and services.
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This includes the launch of“search chips” in Drive, which lets users filter search results using various different parameters, including file type, labels and last modified date.
Google Drive will also make it possible to filter based on “To do” status, which narrows down the pool of results to include only files that have outstanding actions associated with them.
The platform will also soon begin torestrict access to filesdeemed to be in violation of the company’s policies. These files will be flagged to their owner and restricted automatically, which means they can no longer be shared with other people, and access will be withdrawn from everyone but the owner.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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