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Ensure at least two Google Workspace Super Admins are configured

While having too many administrators constitutes a security risk, having only one is also a risk especially when MFA is enforced. You should assign at least two Google Workspace super administrators for access redundancy.

Category

Controls

Medium

Applies to

Google Workspace

Coverage

1 queries

Asset types

1 covered

Overview

While having too many administrators constitutes a security risk, having only one is also a risk especially when MFA is enforced. You should assign at least two Google Workspace super administrators for access redundancy.

This also reduces the need to share administrator accounts among users

Remediation guidance

Assign another user with the Super Admin role.

Service-wide remediation

Recommended when many resources are affected: fix the platform baseline first so new resources inherit the secure setting, then remediate the existing flagged resources in batches.

Google Workspace

Use organization-wide admin settings, security baselines, and delegated admin governance so the control is enforced centrally.

Operational rollout

  1. Fix the baseline first at the account, subscription, project, cluster, or tenant scope that owns this control.
  2. Remediate the currently affected resources in batches, starting with internet-exposed and production assets.
  3. Re-scan and track approved exceptions with an owner and expiry date.

Query logic

These are the stored checks tied to this control.

At least two admins are configured Google Workspace

Connectors

Google Workspace

Covered asset types

Connector

Expected check: eq []

GWTwoAdmins{...AssetFragment}
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