Netskope for Google Workspace

Deep visibility and control in real time

Whether your users are on-premises or remote, using a web browser, mobile app, or sync client, the Netskope all-mode architecture offers you a full array of deployment options to gain visibility and control of your Google Workspace applications.

• API-enabled controls protect data at rest and detects threats in Google Drive, and even GCP storage buckets
• Real-time inline defenses monitor and control data movement and threat propagation between Google Workspace apps as well as third party, ecosystem applications (e.g. between Gmail and Drive; Drive and Box)

Advanced data protection in Google Workspace

Netskope DLP identifies and protects sensitive data and content in Google Workspace applications as well as its ecosystem of third party applications.

• Protects your data at rest and data in motion within Google Workspace
• Detects and controls sensitive data in Google Workspace and en route to and from other cloud services whether via chats, file sharing, web forums, screen captures, email and more
• Uses 3000+ language-independent data identifiers to inspect 1400+ file types
• Offers 40+ predefined regulatory and best practices compliance templates
• Includes metadata extraction, exact match, fingerprinting and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for high accuracy
• Uses machine learning based document and image classification for high efficiency

• Provides automated policies and workflows for real-time response to stop or reverse the effects of cloud threats
• Conducts real-time, full file inspection to detect and block malware
• Provides rich metadata for SOC investigations and threat hunting
• Cloud and bare-metal sandboxing for 30+ file types including executables, scripts, and more
• Utilizes machine learning anomaly detection to expedite and simplify threat response
• Uses 40+ threat intelligence feeds, plus importing IOCs, including file hashes and malicious URLs
• Cloud Threat Exchange (CTE) enables threat intel sharing with EPP, EDR, SIEM, etc.

Encryption to ensure data privacy

Netskope enables you to protect your sensitive content as it leaves your organization’s perimeter and moves into Google Drive, allowing you to retain full control of it. Netskope provides strong encryption capabilities to enhance the security and confidentiality of content in Google Workspace and other cloud applications. Files can be selectively encrypted in flight or encrypted as they are stored in Google Drive.

• Uses AES-256 with a per-file key controlled by fault-tolerant, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified HSMs
• Optionally, can integrate Netskope Encryption with your on-premises, KMIP-compliant key management system to ensure that you retain control of the keys and their lifecycle