Kertos Slack App — Compliance Notifications in Slack

The Kertos Slack App helps your organization stay compliant by sending important compliance tasks directly to employees in Slack. Slack becomes your team’s real-time compliance assistant.

What the Slack App Does

Once connected, the Kertos Slack App automatically notifies users in Slack about key compliance actions, including:

Policies
- New policy assigned
- Policy acceptance overdue
- Policy approval requests
Trainings
- Training assigned
- Training deadlines missed
Device Compliance
- Device flagged as non-compliant
- Remediation required
Compliance Checks
- Automated control failures
- Risk issues requiring review
Integrations
- Integration setup errors

Owners alerted when something breaks
All notifications are delivered through direct messages from the Kertos App.

How It Works

Kertos monitors compliance actions inside the platform and triggers Slack notifications when:

A task is assigned to a user
Deadlines are approaching or overdue
A compliance issue is detected
A responsible owner needs to intervene

Slack is used only as the notification channel — all actions are completed in Kertos.

How Notifications Look

Messages appear as a DM from “Kertos App”, similar to Slackbot.

Each message includes:

A short explanation of what’s needed

Clear urgency (if overdue)

A button linking directly to the right place in Kertos

Example:

📜 You’ve been assigned a new policy.
Please review and accept it to stay compliant.
[Review Policy]

How to Activate the Slack App (Admins)

To enable Slack notifications, a workspace administrator must connect Slack to Kertos.

Setup Instructions

In Kertos, go to:

Integrations → Communications → Slack
Click Connect Slack Workspace
Complete the Slack OAuth authorization
Click Save

Once enabled, Slack notifications will automatically start for relevant users.

Privacy & Data Governance

The Kertos Slack App is designed with strict compliance and privacy in mind.

Kertos does not:

Read private Slack conversations
Post messages publicly unless configured
Store Slack content beyond notification delivery

All processing follows Kertos governance policies, including our Data Protection Policy, Deletion & Retention Concept, and Information Security Policy.

FAQs

Do users need to install anything?

No. Once the workspace admin connects Slack, notifications are delivered automatically.

Can I respond directly in Slack?

Not currently. Slack messages provide a link back to Kertos, where the action is completed.

Can notifications be turned off?

Slack notification settings are currently managed at the workspace/admin level.

Why am I not receiving messages?

Check with your admin that:
Slack integration is connected
Notification types are enabled
Your Slack user is correctly mapped in Kertos