Is Slack Safe to Use?
If you’re one of the 32 million employees who use Slack to communicate with your team, being concerned about the security of the platform is a more than reasonable response to the news. Still, while the details of the July breach aren’t available for all to see, it’s safe to assume that there was at least a bit of blame to go around for Disney as well.
“Our security is rock-solid. Companies also have to take the right measure to prevent phishing attacks and to lockdown their employees’ social engineering. So, we can do our part, but our customers also have to do their part.” – Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, during Dreamforce 2024
There is no 100% secure platform on the internet that doesn’t have to worry about human error. Phishing scams, ransomware, and all the other hacking methods heavily rely on people messing up, rather than technology. All that to say, Slack is as secure as your team is trained.