Using API Data Protection involves configuring the API connection for your Google Drive app.
To use the Next Generation API Data Protection for Google Drive, you need to log in to your Google admin console, enter the Client ID and OAuth scopes, and authorize it. The following sections explain how to client ID and OAuth scopes and how to configure the connection.
Why you should move to Next Generation API Data Protection?
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Dramatically simplified policy definition and management: Multi-app/all app policies and multiple DLP profiles in a single policy.
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Ability to define threat protection policies.
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Unified inventory page, for threat hunting and forensic analysis.
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Ultra-low time to detect and remediate to non-compliant activities.
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Support for Google Drive badged labels as a policy condition.
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