💡 Still using the classic Drata experience? Refer to My Settings: Notifications for the original UI.
Drata notifications keep you informed about work that needs your attention, such as task deadlines, policy updates, monitoring failures, and security issues. You control which notifications you receive and how often, and these settings apply only to you.
Access notification settings
Select Settings.
Open Personal → Notifications.
Enable or disable notifications
Enable Allow notifications to manage other email notifications.
Audits
New messages: New messages from auditors
Status updates for requests: Status updates on audit requests
Controls
Evidence updates on controls: Evidence updates on controls you own (control owners)
Approval updates on controls: Approval status changes on controls you own (control owners) and controls you are assigned for approvals.
Internal notes added to controls
Status changes for controls assigned to you
Monitoring
Evidence collection errors
Automated test failures (Weekly summary only)
Evidence
New evidence assigned to you
Policies
Replies to your policy comments
Updates, deletions, or new assignments for policies you own
Risk
Notifications when you’re assigned as a risk owner
Tasks
Upcoming task reminders
Annual compliance task reminders
Past-due task reminders
Vulnerabilities
Alerts for vulnerabilities with upcoming or missed SLAs
Workflows
Notifications for workflows you created
Notification frequency
Some notifications are sent immediately, while others are delivered as weekly summaries. Frequency options appear only where applicable.
Common issues and troubleshooting
If you’re not receiving notifications:
Check your spam or junk folder
Allowlist [email protected]
Confirm your organization’s email gateway isn’t blocking Drata emails
Allow time for weekly summaries to be delivered
Important notes
ℹ️ Notification availability depends on your role and ownership
ℹ️ Some roles may not see certain notification types