Workshop 1: Fundamentals | Slack Roles

Question 1

You’re currently evaluating which Slack plan to purchase for your company. You would like to restrict access on mobile devices to only those devices enrolled in your organization’s Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) service.

Biz+/Pro/Enterprise Grid/Free

Answer 1

Enterprise Grid

Question 2

GovCloud certified data center

Answer 2

GovSlack is maintained by U.S. personnel and built so that no customer data will ever leave the U.S. There is a separate Slack instance running in a GovCloud certified data center

Question 3

Slack Connect

Answer 3

Slack Connect enables secure collaboration between public sector organizations and their external partners via GovSlack instances running in GovCloud data centers.

Question 4

Enterprise Key Management (EKM)

Answer 4

With Slack EKM, you use your own keys—stored in Amazon’s Key Management Service (AWS KMS)—to encrypt messages and files and gain visibility into how your keys are being accessed. Administrators can revoke key access granularly, so teams experience minimal disruption. Note that this feature is also available as an add-on for Enterprise Grid.

Question 5

GovSlack app directory

Answer 5

GovSlack provides a directory of curated applications that can integrate with Slack. The directory will denote the compliance status of each app so that GovSlack admins can choose integrations that meet their security requirements.

Question 6

Enterprise-grade administration tools

Answer 6

GovSlack includes admin tools that allow granular control over user access privileges, data sharing and security, and channel management.