Slack integration

You can integrate your HUMAN platform with Slack to automate notifications when HUMAN detects incidents. You can learn how to configure your Slack integration with this article.

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Note

These Slack integration instructions are only relevant for Account Defender customers.

For the Code Defender Slack integration, see this article.

Prerequisites

  • An existing Slack account to authenticate with.
  • A custom Slack app. See Slack's quickstart guide to learn how to create one.
  • A Slack Bot User OAuth Token taken from the Slack app you create.
  • If you want to authenticate the integration with a Web Authentication Firewall (WAF), you need the ability to add IPs to your allowlist.

Integrate with Slack

  1. Navigate to Platform Settings > Integrations > Slack.
  2. Select your Authentication Method.
    1. If you select Web Application Firewall (WAF), be sure to add the displayed IP Address to your allowlist.
  3. Enter your Bot OAuth Token in the Token field.
  4. Enter a Slack channel to send a test message to.
  5. Select Test Connection.
  6. Once the test message sends successfully, select Save changes.

Your Slack integration has been successfully configured.