SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Compliance for
Google Admins
Google’s Admin console was not built for compliance audits. GAT Labs fills the gap: full audit trails, approval-based access logs, and automated evidence collection across Drive, Gmail, and Chrome.
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Workspace expertise
What Google does not give you by default
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 auditors ask for documented evidence of access control, monitoring, and incident response. Google Workspace logs some activity, but not at the depth or structure these frameworks require.
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What auditors need
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What Google Admin console provides
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File-level access history with user, timestamp, and action
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Basic Drive activity logs, limited retention
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Documented approval process for accessing sensitive data
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No structured access request or approval workflow
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External sharing records and remediation evidence
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Sharing reports available, but bulk action and logging are limited
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Browser-level activity logs for data loss prevention
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Not available natively
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Scheduled, exportable audit reports
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Manual exports only, no scheduling
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Audit evidence without the manual work
How GAT Labs maps to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls
SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria
GAT Labs addresses the following Trust Service Criteria across access, monitoring, and risk management.
CC6 — Logical access
File permission history, external share logs, access reviews by OU and role.
CC7 — System monitoring
Automated alerts for risky sharing, forwarding rules, and external access events.
CC9 — Risk mitigation
Bulk remediation logs, documented corrective actions with timestamps.
CC2 — Communication
GAT Unlock approval logs: every sensitive access request, approver, and outcome.
ISO 27001 Annex A Controls
For ISO 27001, the following Annex A controls are directly supported through GAT+ and GAT Unlock.
A.9 — Access control
User access records, group membership logs, permission change history.
A.12 — Operations security
Scheduled audit reports, Chrome activity logs, DLP event records.
A.18 — Compliance
Exportable audit trails, scheduled compliance reports, retention documentation.
A.16 — Incident management
Alert history, response records, and remediation documentation in GAT+
The GAT Labs tools that support compliance
Each product addresses a different part of the compliance picture.
Most organizations use GAT+ and GAT Unlock together as a foundation.
Core audit tool
Full visibility across Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and Groups. Scheduled reports, bulk remediation, and exportable audit logs across your entire domain.
- – File sharing and permission history
- – Gmail forwarding and delegation logs
- – Scheduled compliance reports
- – Bulk remediation with action logs
Real-time Chrome monitoring for downloads, visited sites, and data movement. Catches risks that email and Drive audits miss entirely.
- – Download and upload event logs
- – Browser-level DLP alerts
- – Extension monitoring
- – Session and time-on-site reporting
Workflow automation
Automated onboarding and offboarding with approval steps. Every action is logged, making user lifecycle changes defensible to auditors.
- – Access provisioning logs
- – Offboarding workflow documentation
- – Approval records for sensitive changes
- – Bulk permission change history
Approval-based access to sensitive Gmail and Drive content. Every request is logged with the requestor, approver, time, and outcome.
- – Multi-party approval workflow
- – Full access request audit trail
- – Temporary, permission-scoped access
- – Security Officer sign-off required
Audit ready,
not audit-scrambling
GAT is the only full-stack audit and security platform built specifically for Google Workspace.
One suite covers data discovery, sharing audit, real-time alerting, bulk remediation, compliance reporting, and browser-level controls.
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Evidence already prepared
Scheduled reports mean your audit evidence is generated continuously, not assembled manually when the auditor arrives.
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Built-in accountability
GAT Unlock ensures sensitive data access always has a documented request, approval, and outcome. No informal access, no gaps.
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The tool is certified too
GAT Labs is SOC 2 Type II certified. Auditors increasingly ask about the security posture of your tooling, not just your data.
All the usage and audit data for everything in Google Workspace is all in one place. It makes it easy to find where data is going, setup alerts for DLP, and change permissions on a live environment.
Common questions
GAT+ and GAT Unlock provide the audit logs, access records, and remediation documentation that support the main SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria: CC6 (logical access), CC7 (system monitoring), CC9 (risk mitigation), and CC2 (communication and information). Your compliance team will need to map these to your specific control descriptions, but the underlying evidence is all there.
The most directly relevant controls are A.9 (access control), A.12 (operations security), A.16 (incident management), and A.18 (compliance). GAT+ provides the access history, alert logs, and remediation records. GAT Unlock provides the approval workflow documentation required under access governance controls.
Yes. GAT Labs is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. We collect only metadata, never file or email content, and all idle databases are deleted 30 days after last use. You can request our security documentation here
Yes. GAT+ lets you schedule reports across Drive, Gmail, Calendar, and Groups on a daily, weekly, or custom cycle. Reports are delivered automatically and can be exported for auditors. You are not manually pulling data each time, it runs in the background.
GAT+ covers the core audit and reporting needs. If you need structured approval workflows for sensitive data access, you will want GAT Unlock as well. For browser-level DLP evidence, GAT Shield covers that layer. Reach out to our support team and we can map your current plan to your compliance requirements.
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Book a session with our team. We will walk through your compliance requirements and show you exactly what GAT Labs produces for your auditors.
