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SaaS Management: Slack Connector

̽»¨´óÉñ® SaaS Management gives you visibility and control over shadow IT and SaaS app use within your org. Connectors detect shadow IT without adoption of a browser extension and provide a significant increase to the valuable usage and security insights.

The Slack Connector retrieves users lists and data from the Slack API. It captures new users via periodic polling for real-time updates. This connector also ensures data integrity and security because it is configured via OAuth with read-only permissions.

Prerequisites

  • To configure the connector, you must be a Slack admin or the Slack connector application needs to be approved by an admin of your workspace.

Considerations

  • Based on your organization’s size, the initial collection of data may take some time, up to an hour. 

Configuring ̽»¨´óÉñ

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Go to SECURITY MANAGEMENT > SaaS Management.
  3. In SaaS Management settings, go to the Connector tab and select + Add Connector.
  1. Select Slack and click Connect.
  2. Enter a name and click Connect.
  3. Follow the redirect prompt from Slack by clicking Submit.
  4. You will now see Slack in your list of Connectors.

Note:

If permissions are accidentally removed, or if the admin who configured left your organization, the connector will stop working and you will be prompted to Reconnect.

Required Permissions

  • View people in your workspace: Allows ̽»¨´óÉñ to list the users in your Slack workspace
  • View email addresses of people in your workspace: Allows ̽»¨´óÉñ to identify and associate your Slack users with your ̽»¨´óÉñ users

Uninstall/Remove

  • On the Connector’s detail page, click on Delete Connector and follow the prompts.
  • To remove in Slack, follow the instructions on .
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