Admin privileges for the security center

Supported editions for this feature: Enterprise; Education Standard and Education Plus.  Compare your edition

Some features in the security center—for example, data related to Gmail and Drive—are not available with Cloud Identity Premium.

As a super administrator, you can access security center features, including the security dashboard, security health page, and investigation tool. You can give other admins access to a specific security center feature—for example, just the security dashboard—by granting them the privileges for that feature. 

For more about granting these privileges, go to Create, edit, and delete custom administrator roles.

Grant security center privileges to an admin

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to Admin roles.
3. Point to a custom administrator role.
   Tip: If you need to create an admin role, go to Create a custom role.
4. Click View privilegesOpen privileges.
5. Check the privileges for the security center area you want to grant access to.
   Review the table below, Security center privileges.
6. Click Save.

Security center privileges

Security area	Privilege required
Security page	SecuritySecurity Settings To open the Security page, from the Admin console Home page, click Security.
Security dashboard	ServicesSecurity CenterThis user has full administrative rights for Security CenterDashboards Note: Some admins with the Reports privilege may have access to the security dashboard. For the security center, the Dashboards privilege replaced the Reports privilege. (The Reports privilege for non-security center reports in the Admin console isn’t changing.)
Security health	To access the security health page, an admin needs all of these privileges: ServicesSecurity CenterThis user has full administrative rights for Security CenterSecurity Health Organizational UnitsRead UsersRead In addition, the admin needs setting-specific privileges for the setting or group of settings you want to give access to. Review the table below, Settings reference for the security health page.
Investigation tool	ServicesSecurity CenterThis user has full administrative rights for Security CenterInvestigation Tool For more information, go to Admin privileges for the investigation tool.

Settings reference for the security health page

Super admins can access security health settings. Other admins need super admins to grant them the additional privileges listed here for each setting or group of settings. If an admin doesn't have the required privileges for specific settings, those settings don’t appear on the security health page.

Note: Only super admins can access the security health settings for 2-Step Verification and security-key enforcement for users, as well as groups creation and management.

Security health setting	Privileges required
Automatic email forwarding Comprehensive mail storage Bypassing spam filters for internal senders POP and IMAP access for users DKIM SPF record DMARC Approved senders without authentication Approved domain senders Email whitelist IPs Add spam headers setting to all default routing rules MX record configuration Attachment safety Links and external images safety Spoofing and authentication safety MTA-STS configuration Supported edition: Enterprise	GmailSettings
Groups creation and membership Supported edition: Enterprise	Only available for super admin accounts
Sites sharing policy Google Workspace Marketplace applications usage Hangouts out of domain warning Supported edition: Enterprise	ServicesService Settings Assigning the Service Settings privilege: Automatically checks the Settings box for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar Makes their security health settings visible to the assigned admin
Calendar sharing policy Supported edition: Enterprise	ServicesCalendarAll Settings
File publishing on the web Access Checker Warning for out of domain sharing Drive sharing settings Google sign-in requirement for external collaborators Access to offline docs Drive add-ons Desktop access to Drive Supported editions: Enterprise and Essentials	ServicesDrive and DocsSettings
Mobile management Blocking of compromised mobile devices Mobile inactivity reports Mobile password requirements Device encryption Application verification Installation of mobile apps from unknown sources External media storage Auto account wipe Supported editions: Enterprise, Essentials, Cloud Identity Premium	ServicesMobile Device ManagementManage Devices and Settings
2-Step Verification for admins 2-Step Verification for users Security-key enforcement for admins Security-key enforcement for users Supported editions: Enterprise, Essentials, Cloud Identity Premium	Only available for super admin accounts

Related topics

• Pre-built administrator roles: Super Admin
• Use the security dashboard
• Get started with the security health page 
• About the security investigation tool
• Administrator privilege definitions