Slack Connect: Data loss prevention
With data loss prevention (DLP) for Slack Connect, you can reduce the risk of sharing confidential, malicious or personally identifiable content with people from external organisations. DLP for Slack Connect scans messages and files sent by members of your organisation in channels and direct messages (DMs) for content that violates custom rules that you create.
How it works
- Org primary owners and members with the roles admin system role can assign the DLP admin system role to members.
- DLP admins can create custom rules using regular expression (regex) format that will flag messages or files for administrative action. You can also choose to hide (or ‘tombstone’) messages or files until they can be reviewed.
- DLP admins can review rule violations and take action on flagged messages and files.
Tip: You can use DLP for Slack Connect in conjunction with third-party solutions supported by the Discovery API.
Create DLP rules
- From your desktop, click on your workspace name at the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click on Organisation settings.
- Click Security in the left-hand column, then choose Data loss prevention.
- Click Create rule in the top-right corner.
- Under Rule name, choose a name for your rule.
- Under Regular expression, enter a string that you’d like to track and select an Action to take when the rule is triggered.
- Click on Save.
Manage alerts
When a member of your organisation sends a message that violates a DLP rule, you’ll see an alert in the Slack DLP dashboard. From the dashboard, you can then archive the alert, delete the message or restore the message (if it was hidden).
- From your desktop, click on your workspace name at the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click on Organisation settings.
- Click Security in the left-hand column, then choose Data loss prevention.
- Under the Alerts tab, click on a flagged message.
- Click Manage in the top-right corner and select an action.
Note: Slackbot will notify people if their flagged messages or files are deleted.
- Members with the DLP admin system role
- Available on the Enterprise Grid subscription
With data loss prevention (DLP) for Slack Connect, you can reduce the risk of sharing confidential, malicious or personally identifiable content with people from external organisations. DLP for Slack Connect scans messages and files sent by members of your organisation in channels and direct messages (DMs) for content that violates custom rules that you create.
How it works
- Org primary owners and members with the roles admin system role can assign the DLP admin system role to members.
- DLP admins can create custom rules using regular expression (regex) format that will flag messages or files for administrative action. You can also choose to hide (or ‘tombstone’) messages or files until they can be reviewed.
- DLP admins can review rule violations and take action on flagged messages and files.
Tip: You can use DLP for Slack Connect in conjunction with third-party solutions supported by the Discovery API.
Create DLP rules
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
- Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organisation settings.
- Click Security in the left-hand column, then choose Data loss prevention.
- Click Create rule in the top-right corner.
- Under Rule name, choose a name for your rule.
- Under Regular expression, enter a string that you’d like to track and select an Action to take when the rule is triggered.
- Click on Save.
Manage alerts
When a member of your organisation sends a message that violates a DLP rule, you’ll see an alert in the Slack DLP dashboard. From the dashboard, you can then archive the alert, delete the message or restore the message (if it was hidden).
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
- Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organisation settings.
- Click Security in the left-hand column, then choose Data loss prevention.
- Under the Alerts tab, click on a flagged message.
- Click Manage in the top-right corner and select an action.
Note: Slackbot will notify people if their flagged messages or files are deleted.
- Members with the DLP admin system role
- Available on the Enterprise Grid subscription