💡 Still using the classic Drata experience? Refer to Controls: Notifications for required approvals and control updates for the original UI.
Overview
Notifications help control owners and approvers stay informed about required approval stages, evidence changes, and updates to their controls. Setting up notifications ensures reviews happen on time, approvals are not missed, and control readiness is maintained without manual follow-ups.
Notifications are tied to the required approvals lifecycle, so changes to a control—such as adding evidence or requesting changes—can trigger alerts to the appropriate users.
Prerequisites
Integrations: Microsoft Teams or Slack must be connected before related notifications can be configured
Permissions:
Only Administrators can configure Microsoft Teams or Slack notifications
Ensure your user role has read-only dis-enabled to update email notification preferences
Email Notifications
Goal: Receive notifications by email for required approval activity and control updates.
Set up email notifications
Go to Settings page > Personal > Notifications.
Enable Allow notifications.
Scroll down to configure more notification types you want to receive.
Choose a delivery frequency (Daily or Weekly) where applicable.
Available email notifications for Controls
Notification Type | What it notifies |
Evidence updates on controls | Notifies control owners when there are changes to control evidence. |
Approval updates on controls | Control owners and approvers are notified when there are changes to the control approval status. |
Status change for controls assigned to me | Receive summaries of assigned controls |
Internal note added to a control | Get notified when a new internal note is added to a control |
Microsoft Teams Notifications
Goal: Send notifications about required approvals and control updates to a Microsoft Teams channel.
Set up Microsoft Teams notifications
Go to Settings page > Organization > Notification rules
Select Create notification rule
Select the Teams channel for notifications
ℹ️ Teams notifications are sent to channels only, not to individual users.
Slack Notifications
Goal: Send notifications about required approvals and control updates to Slack.
Set up Slack notifications
Go to Settings page > Organization > Notification rules
Select Create notification rule.
Paste a slack channel or search and select one.
How notifications relate to required approvals
Notifications are closely tied to the required approvals workflow. For example:
Moving a control to Needs approval notifies approvers
Requesting changes notifies control owners
Adding evidence after approval may reset the approval stage and trigger new notifications
This ensures the right people are notified when action is required.
Notes and Troubleshooting
Write access required: If you cannot enable notifications, verify your role permissions
Integration required: Teams or Slack must be connected before notifications can be configured
Approval lifecycle: Notifications are triggered by required approval stage changes and control updates
Event tracking: If notifications fail, check the Events page for related errors