Google Vault is data retention and eDiscovery tool in the G Suite. Google Vault helps in retaining, searching, managing and exporting an organization’s data from selected apps or tools. Vault is available for G Suite Business, Enterprise and Education versions.
Google Vault is a web-based tool that supports email messages, Hangout chats, Google groups, Google Drive and Team Drive files. This tool effectively helps in fulfilling eDiscovery and compliance needs.
With Google Vault, a business can protect and safeguard its valuable data and handle the same. One can set retention rules from G Suite tools for specific business units.
A business can retrieve information from its account. It can also retrieve from suspended accounts. This is a smart way to collect what a team needs and prevent loss of data.
Every file or document that has been retrieved via Vault’s smart search is exported in a standard format. Standard formats are necessary for additional reviews.
Google Vault helps to track the user activity with the infrastructure. It helps a business to carry out a robust audit that reveals searches, views and exports.
Google Vault helps a user to quickly search important details in a secure way. These details include emails, chats and other messages which can be retrieved later.
It supports Google Drive and business can easily browse faster through the drive. One can get quick browsing data of date, department, keywords or more.
The tool helps a business to add legal holds to all the vital data and docs. Via legal holds, a business can preserve and safeguard its confidential data and other files.
Google Vault allows a business to decide the archive time in prior. One can pre-decide time for which one needs to archive or retain email history.
Google Vault lets you retain, hold, search and export data to support archiving needs of the business. It supports Email messages, Hangout chats, etc.
Google Vault is included in G Suite Business as well as Enterprise versions.
Only admins can access the Google Vault. Vault is also handled by the people who have been delegated the admin rights.
Main functions of the Google Vault include archiving emails and eDiscovery processes.
Google Vault is mainly used for legal holds, team archival and FOI requests.
