As companies replace email with a broader range of collaboration and productivity tools, the risk of insider data theft is increasing.
Slack recently entered a quiet period ahead of its public market debut, which is expected later this year. Meanwhile, many corporate executives would like a little more quietness on the Slack messaging app, where employees are prone to saying way too much.
"I love my people, but they never shut up on Slack," said the CEO of a security company who asked not to be named so he could speak openly about his concerns."It's very good for productivity, but the problem is we're working on security, so we have to be careful about what we say." David Politis, CEO of cloud security vendor BetterCloud, said that in a recent survey conducted by his company, 75 percent of technology security professionals said emerging threats from cloud-based email and collaboration tools like Slack are top of mind.
For instance, administrators have long been able to create private channels which are only accessible to employees who are specifically invited. They also have the ability to revoke access when an employee leaves or is reassigned. It also works with third-party e-discovery tools, which allow customers to have searchable access to the data being quickly exchanged back and forth over Slack, since many organizations have legal and regulatory obligations to keep track of this information. Slack partners with e-discovery companies including Bloomberg Vault, Global Relay, Onna and Smarsh, the spokesperson said.
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