Montro

Slack Workspace Access & AI Governance

Slack is where work happens, and where ungoverned access accumulates. Guest accounts, inactive seats, and users added outside your identity provider all show up when Montro connects to your workspace.

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01GDPR

GDPR

Slack and GDPR - what your organisation needs to know

Slack processes personal data on your behalf - including user identities, email addresses, and workspace membership. Under GDPR, your organisation is the data controller and Slack acts as a processor. A Data Processing Agreement must be in place. When Montro connects to Slack, that data flows into Montro's EU-hosted infrastructure under a separate DPA. All Slack data imported into Montro remains within the EU.

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02EU AI Act

EU AI Act

Slack AI and the EU AI Act - know your obligations

Slack AI - channel recaps, message summaries, search assistance - is an AI system under the EU AI Act. If your organisation has it enabled, deployer obligations apply: documenting its use, confirming the risk tier, and ensuring appropriate oversight is in place. Slack AI used in HR channels, management workflows, or any employment context warrants a closer look under Annex III. Montro brings Slack into your governed inventory so AI feature usage does not slip through undocumented.

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03DORA

DORA

Slack under DORA - for regulated financial entities only

DORA applies to licenced financial entities in the EU. If your organisation holds a financial services licence and uses Slack for regulated communications or to support critical functions, Slack must be registered in your ICT Third-Party Register (Article 28.3). Montro's discovery layer surfaces Slack alongside all other ICT tools, supporting DORA register completeness.

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04NIS2

NIS2

Slack as a supply chain tool under NIS2

NIS2 Article 21(3)(d) requires organisations to document and assess the cybersecurity of their direct ICT suppliers and service providers. Slack is a communication and messaging platform that qualifies as an ICT service under NIS2. Connecting Slack to Montro brings it into your governed SaaS inventory, supporting supply chain security obligations and ensuring Slack is visible in any NIS2 compliance review.

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Discovery

What Montro discovers from Slack

When you connect Slack to Montro, the platform pulls workspace user accounts and subscription data into your governed application inventory. IT and security teams get a clear view of who has access to your Slack environment, how licences are allocated, and whether Slack is mapped against your EU compliance obligations.

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Workspace user visibility

See every Slack account tied to your organisation, including members added outside your standard provisioning process. Montro surfaces accounts created independently of your identity provider, guest users with broader access than intended, and workspace members that exist outside your governed onboarding flow.

Licence allocation

Understand how Slack licences are distributed across your workspace and identify seats that are assigned but inactive. Montro gives you the data to right-size your Slack subscription, reclaim unused licences, and ensure your messaging spend reflects how your organisation actually uses the platform.

Subscription tracking

Slack subscription records are imported into Montro's Subscriptions module for renewal management and cost visibility. Track your plan details, licence counts, and renewal dates alongside every other SaaS and AI tool in your estate - so nothing renews without review.

Single governed view

Slack sits alongside every other SaaS and AI tool Montro has discovered - mapped to your EU compliance and regulatory obligations in one place. No spreadsheets. No separate audit trail. One governed view of your entire application estate.

Technical details

Authentication Method


Slack authenticates via a Slack token and an OAuth authorisation flow. Administrators generate a token within their Slack workspace and authorise Montro's access through the standard Slack Allow prompt. 


How to connect:


  1. Navigate to Integrations in your Montro dashboard.
  2. Select Slack from the integrations catalogue and click Connect.
  3. Enter your Slack token in the field provided.
  4. Click Allow in the Slack authorisation prompt to grant Montro access.
  5. Montro validates access and begins importing workspace data.
  6. User and subscription information are synchronised automatically.
  7. Review imported Slack users and subscriptions inside Montro.

 

Data Synced

Users module

Slack workspace user accounts, including email addresses and membership status.

Subscriptions module

Slack subscription plan, assigned users, and workspace licensing information.

Data Residency


Slack data imported into Montro is stored on AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1), within the European Union. No customer data is transferred outside the EU. Data residency terms are specified in Montro's Data Processing Agreement.


Sync Frequency


Data can be synchronised manually at any time after the initial connection, with no limit on the number of manual syncs. Montro also provides an automatic sync option - when enabled, the platform synchronises data once every night to keep information current.


Permission Scope


Montro requests read-only access to Slack workspace data. Permissions are limited to user account information and subscription metadata. Montro does not request access to Slack messages, channel content, files, or direct conversations. All permissions are the minimum required for SaaS visibility and governance.


EU Data Storage


Montro's infrastructure runs exclusively on AWS eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), governed by Irish and EU law. There is no FISA 702 exposure and no Schrems II ambiguity. Your data is never replicated outside the EU without your explicit, documented consent. EU data residency is not a configuration option - it is the architecture.

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Ankur Arora

Ankur Arora

Co-founder

Fifteen years of enterprise digital transformation across telecoms, media, consumer goods, and agriculture - and a front-row seat to AI adoption outpacing governance at every organisation he worked in. He built Montro so the next firm doesn't have to learn that lesson the hard way.