About Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus

Available as paid add-ons with Frontline Plus or Enterprise Plus

Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus for Google Workspace are specialized feature sets that provide organizations with advanced tools and support for managing compliance and security requirements.

What are Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus?

The Assured Controls add-ons offer enhanced controls over data storage and service provider access, and make it easier for organizations to meet regulatory requirements and protect sensitive information.

Assured Controls can help organizations that manage sensitive data and need to comply with data handling and security regulations across the globe, such as industry regulations or data sovereignty requirements in the US and the EU.

Some of these regulations are:

Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus features

Feature

Description

Assured Controls

Assured Controls Plus

Access Management for Google Workspace

Restricts access to customer data for users with certain attributes, such as U.S.-based personnel, EU-based personnel, or individuals with FBI background checks.

Note:Customers who purchased Assured Controls and Assured Support prior to June 14 2024 will still have this feature.

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Access Approvals for Google Workspace

Require that Google support teams receive explicit approval from authorized customer personnel before granting access to sensitive or restricted data.

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Client-side encryption: default mode

Enables you to turn on client-side encryption (CSE) by default for users that regularly handle sensitive data.

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Client-side encryption: email hardware key encryption

Allows your organization to use existing Personal Identity Verification (PIV) or Common Access Card (CAC) smart cards to send and receive CSE-protected email messages in Gmail.

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Client-side encryption: Send to anyone (beta)

Allows you to enable Gmail encryption without the need to configure S/MIME certificates. Also allows users to exchange client-side encrypted email with any external recipients, even those without S/MIME. Note:For this beta release, Send to anyoneis available only for external recipients with Gmail.

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Compliance data exports

Allows your organization to export and archive your Workspace data to comply with FINRA compliance rules, including SEC Rule 17a-4, SEC Rule 18a-6, and CFTC § 1.31.

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Data regions advanced reporting

Indicates that data is being both stored and processed properly. You can see storage and processing status on an app-by-app basis.

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Local data storage

Enables you to maintain your organization’s Workspace data in the geographic locations of your choice using a Google Cloud Storage bucket. Admins can opt for continuous or one-time exports.

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Policy compliance log events

Allows administrators to get a report of all Assured Controls users and a history of their data regions configurations, including:

The region their data is assigned to (United States or Europe)
Whether any of the advanced data regions settings are enabled or disabled

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Next step

To get the Assured Controls add-on, contact Google Workspace sales .

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