DRIVE-002: Link Sharing Default Settings
- Platform
- Google Workspace
- Category
- Drive Security & Data Protection
- Severity
- High
- Zero Trust pillar
- Data (weight 2)
- Golden fixtures
- 3
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
Default link sharing should be set to 'Restricted' (specific people) rather than broad access to prevent unintended data exposure
Recommended value
Default link sharing set to 'Restricted' (specific people only)
Remediation
Admin Console > Apps > Google Workspace > Drive and Docs > Sharing settings > Set default link sharing to 'Restricted'
Fixture-proven verdicts
Every verdict below is proven by a golden fixture in the module's gating test suite. This table derives from the last green run; it cannot be edited by hand.
| Scenario | Expected verdict |
|---|---|
| clean | PASS |
| known-bad | FAIL |
| throttled | Not Assessed |
Framework mappings
- NIST SP 800-53
- AC-3, AC-6
- CIS Benchmark
- 2.2
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1530