How to Block Updates to Documents on Docs.Google.Com or Google Drive with the ProxySG

Products

• ProxySG Software - SGOS
• Advanced Secure Gateway Software - ASG
• ISG Proxy
• Secure Web Gateway

Issue/Introduction

You want to block users saving documents on Google Drive under the following circumstances:

• The ProxySG appliance performs full SSL interception of Google Drive.
• Downloading documents from Google Drive is allowed but downloading is denied.
• Users can save document on Google Drive.

Resolution

Create policy such as the following:

<proxy>
url.domain=docs.google.com condition=POST_PUT Deny

define condition POST_PUT
            http.method=(PUT,POST)
end condition POST_PUT

Additional Information

Also, see article how to setup policy blocking uploads to google drive.