Availability of CrashPlan for Google Workspace with Backup and Recovery

CrashPlan announced the general availability of backup and recovery support for Google Workspace.

CrashPlan for Google Workspace, which covers files in Google Drive and emails and attachments in Gmail, provides user-friendly, hassle-free data backup and recovery that preserves productivity and collaboration in the face of any data mishap or disaster. 

Organizations depend on Google Workspace for day-to-day operations and storing institutional knowledge and intellectual property. However, like other SaaS apps, Google Workspace operates on a shared responsibility model: they manage uptime and infrastructure, but organizations are responsible for protecting their data. Integrated with the unified CrashPlan Data Resiliency Platform, CrashPlan for Google Workspace complements a holistic data protection strategy that includes endpoints and servers. 

“Organizations often choose Google Workspace because of its lower total cost of ownership, less intensive IT management requirements, and hands-off cloud infrastructure. In response, CrashPlan offers a low-overhead solution that minimizes IT intervention and reduces the burden on limited resources who are more likely to be a target for ransomware,” said Dan Beer, CEO, CrashPlan. “Backup solutions that offer granular versioning and file retention to support governance and compliance requirements are no longer optional; these solutions protect from the risk of operational, legal, and financial consequences stemming from data loss. Adding this level of support for Google Workspace to our platform is a critical step on our journey to ensuring every organization can quickly and effectively protect their data and recover from a cyber incident.” 

The company safeguards data against accidental deletion, ransomware, and system failures, ensuring organizations can maintain data security, availability, and compliance in the face of unforeseen business interruptions.

Features of CrashPlan for Google Workspace include: 

• Protection from Ransomware – With CrashPlan, there is no need to worry about your data being held hostage. Users can quickly and easily restore data from a known-good point in time. 
• Security and Privacy – Data stays secure with strict separation of duties and end-to-end encryption. File and folder name obfuscation and data shredding add additional layers of security. 
• Regulatory Compliance and Governance – CrashPlan helps organizations meet stringent data retention and protection requirements, such as SOX, HIPAA, and GDPR, and is audit-ready, with comprehensive reporting and logging. 
• eDiscovery and Legal Hold – CrashPlan allows users to rapidly locate and preserve critical data using advanced search tools and streamlined legal hold management, which helps meet your compliance and litigation obligations. 
• Incremental Backups and Versioning – After the initial backup, CrashPlan backs up new data incrementally, conserving storage and bandwidth. With CrashPlan’s granular search, users can easily locate and restore historical versions.
• Self-Service Restore – Users are empowered to independently restore lost files and emails, or have the option to configure CrashPlan to require administrator restores. 
• Policy-Based Controls and Permissions – Efficiently manage backups through flexible, policy-based controls and delegated administration privileges assigned to specific users or teams. 
• Centralized Data Resiliency – Users can also manage backups for endpoints and servers within the same console. Critical data is protected wherever it lives. 

CrashPlan takes the hassle and uncertainty out of data protection by securely, efficiently, and comprehensively backing up Gmail and Google Drive without user action or time-consuming IT intervention. Deployment, management, and restore options allow organizations to back up Google Workspace data at scale and with minimal IT resources. End users can focus on their jobs without having to do anything to ensure their data is protected, and are given simple tools to restore their own data when something goes wrong.