After you complete a project in a shared drive, it’s usually a good idea to remove members’ access or downgrade them from a Manager, Content manager, or Contributor so that they have fewer permissions. If this happens with confidential information, like a folder full of salary information or a secret project, it can have more consequences than if someone were added to a single document.Īnother challenge with shared drives is when members are never fully removed once a project is finished. If an account that shouldn’t have access gets added at the shared drive level, they’ll have access to all documents and folders in that shared drive. That’s because permissions on shared drives are inherited by all documents and folders within them. The biggest risk related to shared drives is permissions. What Security Risks Come from Using Shared Drives? How to manage these shared drive access levelsįor more information on shared drive security, download our full ebook.Shared drives access levels and what permissions each role has.

What security risks come from using shared drives.

We’ll go over the security risks of using shared drives and give you a complete guide on different types of access levels, their permissions, and how to change them.

What are the security risks? Who has access to your company’s shared drive? What permissions do they have, and how can you change these permissions to keep your company’s data safe? Shared drives in Google Workspace can be confusing.

Google drive apps permissions