Third-party applications can make Google Workspace far more useful, but integrations granted access months or years ago can also become an overlooked path into an organization's data.
On September 23, 2026, BleepingComputer will host a live webinar titled "Breach autopsy: How fast-growing companies are breached through Google Workspace" with Material Security.
The webinar will feature Rajan Kapoor, Vice President of Security at Material Security, and Rick Fitzgerald, President of Fireside Consulting LLC, examining real, publicly documented Google Workspace breaches and what organizations can learn from them.
As companies grow, employees connect applications and services to Google Workspace to improve productivity and automate business processes. Those integrations may receive access to email, files, contacts, and other sensitive information.
The problem is that access can outlive its original purpose. An application may no longer be actively used, its owner may have left the company, or security teams may simply have lost track of the permissions granted to it.
These forgotten integrations can leave users, data, and connected applications exposed while creating access paths that aren't necessarily obvious to defenders.
The webinar will examine how overly permissive third-party integrations and other overlooked weaknesses contribute to Google Workspace breaches, as well as which controls can provide the greatest value for fast-growing companies with limited security resources.
Attendees will also hear what happens during the critical first hours after a breach and which decisions can help contain an incident or make its impact worse.
When yesterday's integration becomes today's security risk
Fast-growing organizations can accumulate a large number of applications connected to Google Workspace as employees adopt new services and business processes change.
While these integrations can be legitimate and useful, security teams need visibility into which applications still have access, what permissions they have, and whether that access is still necessary.
An overlooked integration with excessive permissions can create an unexpected path to sensitive information, particularly when nobody remembers approving the access in the first place.
This webinar will use real-world Google Workspace breaches to explore these overlooked weaknesses and identify practical improvements organizations can make without building an exhaustive security program.
The upcoming webinar will cover:
- How overly permissive third-party integrations can expose Google Workspace environments
- How social engineering provides attackers with other unexpected paths into organizations
- What happens during the first hours of a Google Workspace breach and which decisions matter most
- Which security controls provide the greatest value for lean security teams
- Practical security improvements organizations can implement quickly, ranked by effort and potential impact
Join us to learn how overlooked access can contribute to Google Workspace breaches and which security controls can help fast-growing companies reduce their exposure.
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