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title: Setup Gmail with Email Security (formerly Area 1) · Cloudflare Email
  Security (formerly Area 1) docs
description: "For customers using Gmail, setting up Email Security via BCC is
  quick and easy. All you need to do is create a content compliance filter to
  send emails to Email Security through BCC. The following email flow shows how
  this works:"
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Area 1 has been renamed

Area 1 is now **Email Security (formerly Area 1)**.

For customers using Gmail, setting up Email Security via BCC is quick and easy. All you need to do is create a content compliance filter to send emails to Email Security through BCC. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up a phishing assessment risk for Gmail with Email Security.](https://developers.cloudflare.com/_astro/gmail-bcc-flow.CbpHVmdE_Z10qL1c.webp)

To set up Gmail with Email Security:

1. [Find your BCC address and add a domain](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-domain/).
2. [Add BCC rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/bcc-rules-to-area1/).
3. [Create a project on Google Cloud Console](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-project-gcp/).
4. [Create a service account](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-service-account/).
5. [Add retraction](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-retraction/).
