This announcement was part of Google Cloud Next '24. Visit the Workspace Blog to learn more about the next wave of innovations in Workspace, including enhancements to Gemini for Google Workspace.
What's changing
As we continue to expand our Gemini for Google Workspace offerings, we're excited to introduce the AI Security add-on for Google Workspace customers.
At launch, the AI Security add-on will give customers access to the AI Classification capability in Google Drive. AI Classification allows IT teams to automatically and continuously identify, classify, and label sensitive files across the organisation. This capability is powered with privacy-preserving AI models that can be uniquely trained for the specific needs of your organisation. Classified files can then be protected with existing data loss prevention (DLP) controls.
Who's impacted
Admins
Why it matters
Drive Labels enable Workspace Administrators to up-level their security posture by closely monitoring activity on labelled files, and using labels as a vehicle for data loss prevention and lifecycle management policies. The challenge with label-based policies is that they are only effective on files that are correctly identified and labelled. Further, labelling files placed a considerable manual burden on Admins.
This is where AI Classification can help. By training models on customer-identified examples of content that match their data classification definitions, AI Classification can evaluate files where text can be extracted to see if it should be labelled. This enables organisations to achieve label coverage at a scale and accuracy that is very difficult to accomplish through traditional means and manual Admin intervention. Once labeled, the organisation's data can be protected by fine-grained security policies.
Getting started
Admins: Visit the Help Centre to learn more about labelling Google Drive files automatically using AI classification. You may also use this link to learn more about Gemini for Google Workspace and how you can get started today with a no-cost trial.
Availability
The AI Security add-on is available for the following Google Workspace Editions:
Business Standard and PlusEnterprise Standard and PlusEnterprise Essentials and Essentials PlusFrontline Starter and StandardGoogle Workspace for Nonprofits
Business Standard and PlusEnterprise Standard and PlusEnterprise Essentials and Essentials PlusFrontline Starter and StandardGoogle Workspace for Nonprofits
