WorkspaceAudit.com

[Olger]

I've been contacted by someone from AppsEDU inviting us to trial workspaceaudit.com. It looks interesting, but its a new product (AppsEDU has been rebranded from Appsevents, which has been a Google Edu partner (apparently) for 14 years prior).

Has anybody trialled workspaceaudit.com yet? If so, any feedback? 

[zdanenyc]

We provided some feedback when it was in Beta in a staging domain and it honestly was insightful! Dan and the team is great and seems very flexible in working with schools/districts to provide support and guidance. 

[NielsBrockmeier]

We have had the demo as a test and it definitely shows great insights, and it works great. I am really hoping we're getting the full version soon, once I can show this to my leadership team. 

[Dean_Mantz]

I have tested it and compared it to our actual audit conducted by another competitor. It seems to be very accurate and insightful. 

[Olger]

Thanks @Dean_Mantz, @NielsBrockmeier and @zdanenyc for the replies. I've signed up for a trial and am really impressed with the interface. The reports are good but the interactive UI provides a great overview of issues and makes it easy to fix or accept. 

I've decided this is something we definitely need and am about to sign up. Well worth the money as its near impossible to go through Workspace settings on a regular basis to determine whether there's anything needing attention. This keeps an eye on our environment and highlights when issues need attention.

The reports are great to showcase to management how well we are doing. 😄

[llennon]

There are a few companies that offer this service, some automated and some still do it by manually going over every setting you have in your domain.  As beneficial as it is to find the settings that may not be right, it is also nice to have validation of the ones that you do.

I get a security audit done every month on my internal network and twice a year on my external with PEN testing. It is as much for peace of mind as it is for info on what I need to repair.

I can not speak to AppsEDU and their particular audit, I Had one done years ago by Amplified IT when they were just starting them (was one of their proof of concept guinea pigs) and then I had one when they automated the process. BUT Amplified is now CDWG and I haven't gotten any of their services.