{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":44388,"path":"security-management/security-incident-response/configure-slack-chat-connector-msi.md","title":"Configure Slack chat connector for major security incidents","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Configure Slack chat connector for major security incidents\n\nIntegrate and collaborate with Slack to resolve Major Security Incident to view and filter collaboration chat activities.\n\nConfiguring and subscribing to a Slack chat environment, retrieving chat conversations from within specified channels, and archiving the Slack and associated channels are included as part of the incident closure process. A designated Slack environment and related Slack API configuration is required to create individual channels that are specific to a Major Security Incident.\n\nTo configure Slack, activate Slack as the chat provider. You can then create chat channels for the various stakeholders and groups communicating about activities and track chat conversations to resolve the Major Security Incident. The Slack and Slack API configuration includes:\n\n-   [Get started with Slack chat connector configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/get-started-slack-chat-configuration.md)\n-   [Activate Slack as a channel provider](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/activate-slack-channel-provider.md)\n-   [Create a chat channel template for Slack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/create-chat-channel-template-slack.md)\n-   [View chat message activities in Slack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/view-chat-message-activities-slack.md)\n\n-   **[Get started with Slack chat connector configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/get-started-slack-chat-configuration.md)**  \nReview the following information before you start working with Slack as a connector application.\n-   **[Create a chat channel template for Slack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/create-chat-channel-template-slack.md)**  \nConfigure Chat Teams and Channel Templates to create chat teams and channels to collaborate, track the chat conversations, and add users and user groups to those Chat Channels. These Channel templates are created in Slack when a major security incident is promoted.\n-   **[Activate Slack as a channel provider](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/activate-slack-channel-provider.md)**  \nActivate Slack by validating the Slack connection.\n-   **[View chat message activities in Slack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/view-chat-message-activities-slack.md)**  \nChat message activity is recorded and displayed on the Collaboration tab of the Major Security Incident Management workspace.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Configuring Major Security Incident Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/configuring-major-security-incident-management.md)\n\n**Related topics**  \n\n\n[Configure File Explorer Component]()\n\n[Configure Microsoft Teams]()\n\n[Customize SI to MSI flows \\(optional\\)]()\n\n"}}