Cis Gworkspace 3.1.2.1.1.2

3.1.2.1.1.2 Ensure users cannot publish files to the web or make visible to the world as public or unlisted

Level

L1

Profile Applicability

• Enterprise Level 1

Type

Manual

Description

You should control the publishing of documents to the web or making them visable to the world as public or unlisted.

Rationale

Attackers will often attempt to expose sensitive information to external entities through sharing, and restricting the methods that your users can share documents with will reduce that surface area.

This setting is only applicable if ON - Files owned by users in <Company> can be shared outside of <Company>. This applies to files in all shared drives as well is selected, but should be configured as described below to prevent unintentional document publishing.

Impact

Enabling this feature will prevent users from publishing documents on the web or making them visible to the world as public or unlisted files.

Audit

To verify this setting via the Google Workspace Admin Console:

1. Log in to https://admin.google.com as an administrator
2. Select Apps
3. Select Google Workspace
4. Select Drive and Docs
5. Under Sharing settings, select Sharing options
6. Under Sharing outside of <Company> - ON - Files owned by users in <Company> can be shared outside of <Company>. This applies to files in all shared drives as well, ensure When sharing outside of <Company> is allowed, users in <Company> can make files and published web content visible to anyone with the link is unchecked

Remediation

To configure this setting via the Google Workspace Admin Console:

1. Log in to https://admin.google.com as an administrator
2. Select Apps
3. Select Google Workspace
4. Select Drive and Docs
5. Under Sharing settings, select Sharing options
6. Under Sharing outside of <Company> - ON - Files owned by users in <Company> can be shared outside of <Company>. This applies to files in all shared drives as well, set When sharing outside of <Company> is allowed, users in <Company> can make files and published web content visible to anyone with the link to unchecked
7. Select Save

Default Value

When sharing outside of <Company> is allowed, users in <Company> can make files and published web content visible to anyone with the link is Checked

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