Ensure external invitation warnings for Google Calendar are configured

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Description

Configure Google Calendar to warn users when inviting guest outside your domain. When your users create a Google Calendar event that includes one or more guests from outside of your domain, they are prompted to confirm whether it’s OK to include external guests in the event invitation, assisting in the prevention of unintentional data leakage.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

To verify this setting via the Google Admin Console: 1. Log in to https://admin.google.com as an administrator 2. Select Apps 3. Select Google Workspace 4. Select Calendar 5. Under Sharing settings, select External invitations 6. Ensure Warn users when inviting guests outside of the domain is checked

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

To configure this setting via the Google Admin Console: 1. Log in to https://admin.google.com as an administrator 2. Select Apps 3. Select Google Workspace 4. Select Calendar 5. Under Sharing settings, select External Invitations 6. Set Warn users when inviting guests outside of the domain to checked 7. Select Save

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: google-workspacesaas
Reference: CIS Google Workspace Foundations Benchmark v1.4.0 - 3.1.1.1.3 Ensure external invitation warnings for Google Calendar are configured