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How to integrate Kawach with Google Workspace?

Support > Google Workspace Integration

January 08, 2026

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Overview

This article explains how to integrate Google Workspace with Kawach to enable centralized compliance monitoring across users, domains, roles, and configuration settings. Once connected, Kawach can monitor Google Workspace data in read-only mode and surface relevant findings as part of your compliance and risk workflows.

This integration helps ensure that identity management, access governance, and security configurations are consistently tracked and available for audits, reviews, and internal assessments.

Prerequisites

Before starting the integration, ensure the following:

  • You have an active Google Workspace account.
  • You are a Google Workspace Super Admin or have sufficient privileges to approve third-party app access.
  • You have access to your organization’s Kawach account with permissions to manage integrations.
  • You are signing in using a work Google account. Personal accounts are not supported.

What Kawach Accesses

Kawach connects to Google Workspace in read-only mode. It does not modify any users, domains, roles, or configuration settings in your Workspace environment.

Once connected, Kawach can:

  • Read the list of users to verify that only authorized users have access
  • Read user security settings to validate controls such as MFA, recovery options, and account protection status
  • Read Workspace domains for domain governance and verification
  • Read roles and role assignments to assess role-based access controls

Steps to Integrate Google Workspace with Kawach

Step 1: Navigate to Integrations in Kawach

  1. Log in to your Kawach account.
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Select the Integrations tab.
  4. Click Create.
  5. Locate Google Workspace from the list of available integrations.
  6. Click Connect.

Step 2: Authorize Kawach in Google Workspace

  1. You will be redirected to the Google account selection page.
  2. Sign in using your work Google account.
  3. Review the permissions requested by Kawach.
  4. Approve the connection.
Note: You must be a Google Workspace Super Admin or have sufficient privileges to authorize third-party applications.

Step 3: Confirm Workspace Access

After authorization:

  1. Confirm the Google Workspace environment to be monitored.
  2. Review the read-only access scope for users, domains, and roles.

Kawach will begin syncing data from your Google Workspace.

After the Integration

Once the integration is complete:

  • Google Workspace users, domains, and roles are continuously monitored within Kawach.
  • Relevant findings can be surfaced as part of compliance workflows.
  • Teams get centralized visibility into identity and access controls without switching tools.

This setup supports ongoing compliance by ensuring identity and access evidence is consistently tracked and available.

Troubleshooting

  • Authorization failed

    Ensure you are logged into the correct Google Workspace admin account and have Super Admin privileges.

  • Users or roles not visible

    Verify that the required read-only permissions were approved during authorization.

  • Data not syncing

    Allow a few minutes after setup. If issues persist, try reconnecting the integration.