Google Workspace is a capable compliance platform for an RIA — but only at the right edition, and only when the security controls that ship switched off are deliberately switched on. The single most expensive mistake advisers make here is assuming a Business-tier plan is enough. It is not: the controls the safeguards rule effectively requires — data loss prevention, context-aware access, the security investigation tool — do not exist below the Enterprise tier. Edition selection is the first compliance decision, not a procurement footnote.
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