Given how scammers and phishing campaigns have gotten smarter and more sophisticated, it is important to have all possible security measures enabled for your precious Gmail account. If not already, you mustenable two-factor authenticationas an additional layer of security. But there’s always a possibility of a scammer accessing your Gmail account from a PC you previously used to set up mail forwarding or enable IMAP access silently. To avoid this from happening, Google is rolling out new security measures for sensitive actions in Gmail.
Going forward, Gmail will verify the session used for creating, making, or editing new filters, adding a forwarding address, and toggling IMAP access. If the session is deemed risky, you’ll get a “Verify it’s you” prompt. You must use a two-factor authentication code or confirm the prompt on a trusted device to verify that you are making the change.
In case the verification fails, Google will send a “Critical security alert” notification on your trusted devices. If you are not making the change, tap theNo, secure accountoption in the security alert to safeguard your account.
In its announcement on theWorkspace blog, Google says the new security measure for sensitive actions is rolling out to all Workspace and personal Google accounts. The rollout will be complete within the next couple of weeks.
This is just one of the many security measures Google has rolled out in recent months to keep your account safe. In May 2023, the company introduceddark web monitoring for your Gmail IDand an updated Safe Browsing API to detect and warn you about malicious websites if you were about to visit one.
