Spin.AI: Your Gateway to Cloud Data Protection

Crimson Vista is in the business of helping companies protect their data by improving their security posture. That’s why we recently recommended that even small business owners move away from using free Google tools and to instead use Google Workspace, which has all the same tools along with more comprehensive and customizable security features that can help you protect your data and meet compliance requirements in your industry. But with all the security benefits Google Workspace provides, in its base form it still faces a common problem with cloud-based storage: it’s excluded from normal computer backups.

Common backup solutions are used to restore computers’ environments following a security incident like a ransomware attack, but they unfortunately exclude data kept on the cloud. As more and more of our data ends up stored in SaaS storage space like Google Drive, this problem is increasingly relevant. Thankfully, if you’ve decided to use Google Workspace for your organization, then you have access to a third-party tool compatible with Workspace that is dedicated to securing SaaS data in ways normal backup solutions can’t: Spin.ai.

Spin.ai is a SaaS security company whose services come with a plethora of tools designed to help organizations reduce the cost of security, simply security solutions, improve compliance with industry standards, and to secure their SaaS data against ransomware attacks, insider threats, data loss, data leaks, and non-compliance. These tools are able to be used with several common “mission-critical” applications like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Slack, and, of course, Google Workspace. When deciding what Spin.ai subscription plan is right for you, it’s important to consider using the most critical tools this service offers and what plans allow you to access those tools.

Cloud/SaaS Backups

As previously mentioned, Spin.ai provides a way to backup SaaS data that is often excluded from common computer backup solutions. The simplest plan Spin.ai offers guarantees an automated once-a-day SaaS data backup to a location of your choosing and customizable data retention policies. This means as a Google Workspace user, you get automated backups and protection for Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, and Contacts, as well as for the Shared Drives exclusive to Google Workspace. More advanced plans increase your available backups from one to three a day.

Risk Assessment and Posture Management

It’s common for business owners to customize their Google Workspace environment with third-party OAS apps and browser extensions, so you may want to consider a Spin.ai plan that offers risk assessment for such third-party software. With the risk assessment tool, Spin.ai detects all third-party OAS apps and browser extensions that have access to an organization’s mission-critical SaaS data. Once detected, each third-party software will receive a rating on the risk and exposure associated with using them. Each software also receives a detailed report on how they got their rating, allowing you to have a deeper understanding of the risk the software might pose to your company.

The posture management tool provides you a more macroscopic view and rating of your Workspace’s environment, configuration, and security. Based on what it finds, it will provide you recommendations for how to improve and harden your environment’s security.

User Audits

If you value your ability in Google Workspace to centrally manage user accounts, then you may want to sign up for a Spin.ai plan that lets you perform user audits. This tool allows you, as the administrator, to have complete visibility on how data is being shared across users’ Google Drives and Shared Drives on a file-level basis. With file-level access, you can sort and filter external users and anyone with a link to shared files, and you are also able to take action on the same page to revoke sharing permissions you find suspect. Managing files’ sharing permissions can even be automated through security policies, which detect and stop sharing permissions based on conditions that you set. You can also protect sensitive data with similar security policies that detect “out-of-the-box” sensitive data like credit card numbers, or you can create fully customized data policies using the “regular expression” option to protect more obscure kinds of sensitive data.

Ransomware Protection

The most comprehensive plans of Spin.ai offer 24/7, end-to-end ransomware protection for your SaaS services. In Google Workspace, this means constant monitoring for ransomware in Google Drive, Gmail, and Shared Drives. This tool uses file-behavior monitoring to look for any malicious activity such as the mass-encryption, modification, or encryption of files. Ransomware protection in Spin.ai automatically stops detected ransomware attacks, recovers affected files, and restores your environment to within a 2-hour SLA.

You Need SaaS Protection

Spin.ai offers several other features as well, such as cloud storage on AWS, GCP, Azure, or BYOS, API integrations, and “basic support”. But we at Crimson Vista want to emphasize the importance of protecting your company’s SaaS data that’s excluded from run-of-the-mill computer backups. The mission-critical data of companies is increasingly moving to cloud locations that need specially-tailored security solutions like Spin.ai. Thankfully, even Spin.ai’s most economical plan offers daily backups for your SaaS data, so we strongly encourage you to consider purchasing it. If any more of Spin.ai’s excellent security features sound right for your company, you can shop for the best plan to suit your needs on their pricing page.

Get Expert Guidance

At Crimson Vista, we offer “novel technologies” as well as services that can improve your cyber safety and threat hunting capabilities. For instance, our SecurityHub^SM service offers opportunities to train, guide, and even augment your cybersecurity team to better handle advanced cybersecurity issues, including ones related to Artificial Intelligence. We can help you with strategy and planning in order to achieve the best cybersecurity posture possible within the goals and parameters of your operating environment. Get expert guidance. It’s worth it. You can contact us at: hello@crimsonvista.com.

Sources:

• https://spin.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SpinOne-Overview-for-Google-Workspace-Backup-Microsoft-365-Backup-Slack-Backup-Salesforce-Backup.mp4
• https://spin.ai/company/about-us/
• https://spin.ai/pricing/
• https://spin.ai/