Compliance Archiving for Google Drive – Nuclei, Inc.

Overview

Nuclei provides Google Workspace customers with the ability to automatically export and archive all documents and collaboration workflows occurring within Google Drive, including:

Files
File Comments
File Activities

As a first step, you must authorize the Nuclei archiving app. Afterwards, Nuclei will automatically export Google Drive content for review, retention, or export into your existing compliance archive.

Prerequisites

Google Workspace Admin
Google Drive API

Scope

Files

All Google Drive files in the organization are supported for archiving. The following types of metadata are supported for each file:

Created By
File ID
File Name
File Description
File Parent
File Version
File Mime Type
File Labels (if any)
File Sharing Settings

The following additional metadata types are also supported for each file creator:

User ID
User Email
User Name
User Role

File Comments

The following types of metadata are supported for each file comment:

Comment ID
Comment Message
Created At
Updated At

The following additional metadata types are also supported for each commenter:

User ID
User Email
User Name
User Role

File Activities

The following activities are tracked and archived:

File Viewed
File Downloaded
File Shared
File Moved
File Deleted
File Restored

Selective Capture

By default capture will take place for all activity occurring within Google Drive. It is also possible to configure selective capture for any of the following scenarios:

Owner of the file is a member of particular group (requires separate IDP integration)
Creator of the file is a member of particular group (requires separate IDP integration)
Files that are in predefined folders
Files with external collaborators or shared linked

Supported Archives

The following archiving destinations are supported for Google Drive archiving:

ACA ComplianceAlpha
Dell EMC SourceOne
Global Relay Archive
Microsoft Purview
Mimecast Cloud Archive
Proofpoint Archive
Smarsh Digital Safe
Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh Professional Archive
Veritas Enterprise Vault
ZL Unified Archive

Setup Guide

Authorization

To enable archiving your Google Workspace Admin must authorize the Nuclei Capture archiving app.

Nuclei will provide you with the app authorization URL during onboarding and provisioning.

Deprovisioning

Go to the Google Admin Console.
Navigate to “Apps” > “Google Workspace” > “Drive and Docs.”
Find the Nuclei archiving app under authorized apps and select “Remove app.”

More Information

For more information on Compliance Archiving for Google Drive and for a demonstration of related capabilities, please contact Nuclei's sales team at hello@nuclei.ai.