Configure Slack Alerts

You can create and configure Slack alerts from a project. Tenable Cloud Security sends Slack notifications that summarize project key events. Tenable Cloud Security supports integrating with Slack (using OAuth) to publish new Tenable Cloud Security Cloud alerts into a specific Slack channel.

Step 1: Slack Configuration

To configure the integration in Slack:

1. Create a new Slack application

2. Add the following User Token Scopes to the application.

• chat:write: Send messages on user’s behalf.

• im:write: Start direct messages with people on user’s behalf.

3. Install the application into the workspace OR directly into the slack channel where you want Tenable Cloud Security to send notifications.

Step 2: Tenable Cloud Security Configuration

To configure the integration in Tenable Cloud Security:

1. Access Tenable Cloud Security.

2. In the left navigation bar of the Tenable Cloud Security page, click Home.

3. Click the Projects & Connections tab.

4. In the projects list, click the project for which you want to configure Slack alerts.

   The project details panel appears.

5. In the Alerts section, click .

   The Project alerts page appears.

6. In the Choose alert channels section, select the check box for the Slack channel and click Select to setup.

   The Configure Channel window appears.

7. In the Channel Name box, type the Slack channel name into which you want Tenable Cloud Security to send notifications.

8. In the Slack API Token box, type your User OAuth Token generated in the Slack app.

9. Select the required check boxes for the type (severity) of the violations that you want to report.

10. Click Save.

    The Project alerts page appears.

11. Click Save.