Enterprise-grade data protection
Trust Slack to keep your data secure and meet your compliance requirements.
Security features for more control, visibility and flexibility
Identity and device management
Ensure that only the right people and approved devices can access your company’s information in Slack with features like single sign-on, domain claiming and support for enterprise mobility management.
Data protection
By default, Slack encrypts data at rest and data in transit for all of our customers. We further protect your data with tools like Slack Enterprise Key Management (Slack EKM), audit logs, and integrations with top data loss prevention (DLP) providers.
Information governance
Slack offers governance and risk-management capabilities flexible enough to meet your organization’s needs, no matter what they are. This includes global retention policies, custom terms of service, and support for eDiscovery.
The security program at Slack protects our organization and your data at every layer
Compliance certifications and attestations
SOC 2
(Type Ⅱ)
Trust Services Principles
EU/U.S. Privacy Shield
Swiss/U.S. Privacy Shield
Data Privacy Practices
CSA
Cloud Security Alliance
Meet specific industry regulations and international security and data privacy standards
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Slack can be configured for HIPAA compliance, including electronically protected health information (e-PHI).
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Slack is FINRA 17a-4 configurable so your team can collaborate and still meet your compliance requirements.
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
Slack is FedRAMP Moderate authorized so organizations in the public sector can use our platform in a compliant manner.
Data residency
Data residency for Slack lets organizations choose the country or region where they want to store their encrypted data at rest.
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Slack is committed to helping users understand their rights and obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Slack has specific customer tools and processes to ensure compliance with GDPR requirements.
Industry-accepted best practices and frameworks
Our security approach focuses on security governance, risk management and compliance. This includes encryption at rest and in transit, network security and server hardening, administrative access control, system monitoring, logging and alerting, and more.
Read the white paperSlack's security controls also align to the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) cloud security principles. Read more
