Privacy & Security Center
Google is committed to building products that help protect student and teacher privacy and provide best-in-class security for your institution. You can trust that Google for Education products and services continuously protect users, devices, and data from increasingly complex threats.
Google Workspace for Education
Education Fundamentals
- Alert center
Provides a complete view into security with notifications, alerts, and actions
- Identity and access management
Manage access to tools with two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and password management
- Data loss prevention (DLP)
Helps prevent the loss or theft of data by allowing you to set your own rules and policies
- Vault
Support your unique data retention and eDiscovery requirements by retaining, searching, and exporting data
Teaching and Learning Upgrade
- Alert center
Provides a complete view into security with notifications, alerts, and actions
- Identity and access management
Manage access to tools with two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and password management
- Data loss prevention (DLP)
Helps prevent the loss or theft of data by allowing you to set your own rules and policies
- Vault
Support your unique data retention and eDiscovery requirements by retaining, searching, and exporting data
Education Standard
- Alert center
Provides a complete view into security with notifications, alerts, and actions
- Identity and access management
Manage access to tools with two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and password management
- Data loss prevention (DLP)
Helps prevent the loss or theft of data by allowing you to set your own rules and policies
- Vault
Support your unique data retention and eDiscovery requirements by retaining, searching, and exporting data
- Proactive prevention
Tighten your security across your domain with security health monitoring and best practices recommendations
- Advanced detection
Provides analytics and insights through your security center dashboard to help you address security risks
- Quick remediation
Remediate malware, phishing, spam, and other cyberattacks by quickly identifying issues and taking action from a central console
Education Plus
- Alert center
Provides a complete view into security with notifications, alerts, and actions
- Identity and access management
Manage access to tools with two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and password management
- Data loss prevention (DLP)
Helps prevent the loss or theft of data by allowing you to set your own rules and policies
- Vault
Support your unique data retention and eDiscovery requirements by retaining, searching, and exporting data
- Proactive prevention
Tighten your security across your domain with security health monitoring and best practices recommendations
- Advanced detection
Provides analytics and insights through your security center dashboard to help you address security risks
- Quick remediation
Remediate malware, phishing, spam, and other cyberattacks by quickly identifying issues and taking action from a central console
Chromebooks
Chrome Education Upgrade unlocks your Chromebooks’ device fleet management features to leverage the full capabilities of Chromebooks and ChromeOS. Purchase Chrome Education Upgrade together with your Chromebooks. Here are some of the benefits.
What you get with Chromebook
- Automatic updates:
Help ensure your malware protection is always up to date
- Verified boot:
Allows Chromebooks to self-check for malware and auto repair if corrupted
- Security sandbox:
Helps prevent the spread of viruses by making sure each webpage and application runs in its own walled environment
- 128-bit data encryption :
Protects every Chromebook by enabling a unique username and password for each student
- Chrome sync:
Allows students to sign in to any Chromebook or Chrome browser to access all their apps, settings, and preferences
What you get with Chrome Education Upgrade
- Automatic updates:
Help ensure your malware protection is always up to date
- Verified boot:
Allows Chromebooks to self-check for malware and auto repair if corrupted
- Security sandbox:
Helps prevent the spread of viruses by making sure each webpage and application runs in its own walled environment
- 128-bit data encryption:
Protects every Chromebook by enabling a unique username and password for each student
- Chrome sync:
Allows students to sign in to any Chromebook or Chrome browser to access all their apps, settings, and preferences
- Advanced security:
Prevent data theft on Chromebooks with advanced security features that let you remotely disable devices, wipe user data upon sign-out, and more
- 24/7 IT admin support:
Get the added benefit of ChromesOS troubleshooting assistance with 24/7 admin support. Call Google at any time if an issue comes up at no additional cost.
- Simplified deployment:
Provide IT admins access to device policies and fleet oversight capabilities for both school-issued and enrolled student-owned devices — all from the cloud-based Google Admin console
- Managed access:
Control who can sign in to Chromebooks, restrict access to certain sites and content, and enable identity-free usage for shared devices
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Privacy & Security FAQs
Find answers to common questions about how Google protects your privacy and keeps your data safe.
Paid Workspace Resource Page
Check out our collection of resources to help you set up and get started using your paid edition of Google Workspace for Education.