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Threat Update 39 – Let Me Google That PII On You

Cloud collaboration tools like Google Drive are ubiquitous, but in our work from anywhere world, IT and security often face challenges understanding how and where personal accounts intermingle with corporate accounts.
Kilian Englert
1 min read
Last updated January 17, 2023

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    Cloud collaboration tools like Google Drive are ubiquitous, but in our work from anywhere world, IT and security often face challenges understanding how and where personal accounts intermingle with corporate accounts. What users see as innocuous sharing and collaboration can have unintended consequences – and could expose sensitive data to the whole world.

    Join Kilian Englert and Ryan O’Boyle from the Varonis Cloud Architecture team as they talk through how certain types of Google Drive sharing links can open data up to Google search indexing, and what steps organizations can take to detect this.

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    Varonis customers also get access to great educational content to help support them on their journey: https://www.varonis.com/how-to-videos/

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    Kilian Englert
    Kilian Englert Kilian has a background in enterprise security engineering, as well as security solution selling. Kilian is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and creates internal and public content on topics related to cybersecurity and technology best practices.

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