Re: [External] [SECURITY] Gmail confidential mode

["Napier, Mark E" <mnapier () INDIANA EDU>]

I seem to have remembered reading something about the service some time back. Google very helpfully aided my memory by 
putting the article I remembered reading on the first page of results. ;-)

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3272247/watch-out-for-gmail-s-new-confidential-mode.html

tl:dr: There are some serious “gotchas” with the service. 


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Mark E. Napier   MIS, CIPT
Deputy Director of Information Technology /
Chief Information Privacy and Security Officer
School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Indiana University











> On Aug 27, 2019, at 7:10 AM, Jared Evans <jared.evans () GALLAUDET EDU> wrote:
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> We have gotten an inquiry from the The Office of the Registrar about Gmail confidential mode.  Have any of you 
> enabled this feature for your Google Apps users?  Were there any pitfalls or things to watch out for?
>
> It looks to have no impact on e-discovery for emails originating from Gallaudet.
>
> Google Vault will still have a copy of the actual message, as long as it was initially sent by someone here at 
> Gallaudet.   If it was received from outside, Vault will only show the email header and subject but not the message 
> itself.
> https://support.google.com/vault/answer/9000913 <https://support.google.com/vault/answer/9000913>  
>
> It's possible to block confidential mode emails incoming from other Google Apps domains, if we opt to do that:
> https://support.google.com/a/answer/7684332#blockincoming <https://support.google.com/a/answer/7684332#blockincoming> 
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> Jared Evans
> Information Security Officer
> Gallaudet Technology Services
> Gallaudet University
> jared.evans () gallaudet edu <mailto:jared.evans () gallaudet edu>
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