G Suite Securlet "Organizational Unit" policy condition use in Google Drive

Products

• CASB Securlet SAAS

Issue/Introduction

When designing policies in your organization for the G Suite Securlet you may come across the Organization Unit condition and you'd like to understand what is it used for and how it applies to your Google Drive policies. Especially you'd like to understand whether there any differences between the condition for the Team and personal Drives.

Resolution

The Organizational Unit condition behaves differently depending on the type of the Google Drive used. 

In terms of personal Google Drive the condition applies to the owner of the resource.

In case of Team Drive the condition applies to the OU (Organizational Unit) of the Team Drive.

Additional Information

Team Drive ownership is determined upon the below G Suite configuration: