What’s changing
We're making some updates to how you create, view, and manage rules in the Admin console. Specifically we're:
- Making the Rules homepage available to all Google Workspace customers.
- Consolidating the rules and security rules pages to make rule discovery and management easier.
- Introducing a rule templates page, available to Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus customers, which helps quickly set up rules for common use cases.
- Adding one-click rule analysis via the Investigation Tool, available to Enterprise Plus customers.
Who’s impacted
Why you’d use it
Additional details
- The benefits of enabling rules with use-case based guidance for managing alerts and email notifications for Google-provided rules.
- The benefits of creating custom rules for other use cases including defining alerts for specific audit log events, protecting sensitive content, automating actions on specific activities, and securing devices.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 13, 2021
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers
- Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers
- Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
- Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
Resources
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Manage rules to set up alerts and actions
- Google Workspace Admin Help: View and manage alerts in the alert center
- Google Workspace Admin Help: About the security investigation tool
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: Create rules to automate actions and alerts through the security center
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: New DLP Rules help protect sensitive data
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: Custom alerts moving to consolidated Security rules list
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: Improved mobile device management rules experience in the Admin console
- Google Workspace Updates Blog: Adding more data sources and OU controls to the security investigation tool