All You Need To Know About Consumer Gmail Block
Cloud computing has its own merits, but profuse intrusion has led to free use of personal Gmail accounts in offices, which can be curtailed by effective deployment of Consumer Gmail Block.
What Exactly Is Consumer Gmail Block?
Many organizations have today leaped to cloud technology, and for sure, it has a whole lot of benefits to offer. Scalability, increased productivity, flexibility and accessibility are some of the main features offered by cloud services. But with benefits come the perils and free access to sensitive data is one of the primary concerns of enterprises all across the globe today. Cloud, no doubt, has introduced a new lexicon of work flexibility but has been accompanied by the heightened risks of free data access of the employees to their personal email accounts in the office premises using the office networks which can result in data thefts and breaches. With such a cloud environment where data is freely accessible to all, it becomes imperative that work systems are protected and thus the security risks are minimized. Consumer Gmail Block is one such solution, which helps enterprises protect their confidential data and block data transfers that are done with the deliberate intention of data theft, which can otherwise be a reality if personal Gmail accounts are allowed to be accessed within office premises. It is a given that data thefts are bound to happen if enterprises do not have adequate data security cover. Hence, to protect their data, all enterprises that deal with cloud-based work environment have to have some sort of cloud protection to guard the sensitive data against getting leaked. Consumer Gmail Block is a solution which when deployed helps to avert the data transfers driven by malicious intent via opening of personal Gmail accounts in offices.
The Necessity to Implement Consumer Gmail Block for Enterprise Security
Enterprises that deal with consumer data in the cloud are bound by one or the other security protocols like the HIPAA laws, PCI, PII etc. Hence, it becomes necessary that the IT department is overly strict that its employees access only the organizational accounts and not their personal Gmail accounts. This is crucial for maintaining and achieving data security as well as compliance. But with the cloud technology embracing flexibility, the newer models allow more leniencies which give the user the benefit of better access. This calls that enterprises stop their employees from accessing their personal Gmail accounts and this can be achieved by the implementation of the Personal Gmail Block feature of CASB solutions.
How Does Consumer Gmail Block Work?
In the name of work flexibility, employees now tend to check their personal Gmail accounts without any restrictions imposed on them. This puts the security of the enterprises at grave risk since there are high chances that the confidential data may be tampered with intentionally or unintentionally. A way around to this problem is in the form of implementation of CloudCodes CASB solution, which has a special feature of Personal Gmail Block in its Access Control module. This feature disables the employees from gaining access to their personal email accounts and they can only access the accounts provided by the organization. If an employee tries to access the personal email account, then an alert report is generated to the IT. The implementation of Consumer Gmail Block does not require any additional hardware and it works as a cloud data security cushion that helps enterprises to avert any potential data theft risks.
CloudCodes CASB as a Cost-Effective Cloud Security Solution
The use of other methods to disallow the use of personal Gmail accounts within offices is financially more costly than the use of CASB solutions. The use of costly solutions usually deters the SMBs and startup firms from deploying proper cloud security services. But, CASB solution with the Consumer Gmail Block feature helps firms in achieving security and that too in a cost-effective way. The Access Control module of our CASB solution has the Personal Gmail Block feature, which helps to restrict the employees from accessing their personal Gmail accounts; and thus, ensuring that data security measures are met and even compliance is achieved by an enterprise.