💡 Still using the classic Drata experience? Refer to Company Settings: Notifications for the original UI.

These notifications help teams stay on top of control readiness, personnel actions, and system errors, without relying on individual email preferences.

What organization notifications are used for

Use organization notifications to:

Monitor controls that are not audit-ready
Track personnel with pending compliance actions
Surface monitoring or automated test errors
Keep security and compliance teams aligned in shared channels

⚠️ Important: These notifications may include sensitive compliance or personnel information. Choose destinations carefully.

Prerequisites

Before creating notifications, you must connect at least one messaging platform: Slack or Microsoft Teams

Slack-specific prerequisites (private channels)

If you plan to send notifications to private Slack channels, the Drata app must be added to each private channel

Add Drata to a private Slack channel

Option 1: Command

/invite @Drata

Option 2: Slack UI

Open the channel
Select the channel name → Integrations
Select Add an app
Add Drata

Create an organization notification

Select Settings.
Go to Organization → Notification rules.
Select Create notifications rule

Choose a target

Slack

Select one or more public or private channels
Or notify specific users
Private channels require the Drata app to be added

Microsoft Teams

Paste the channel URL as the destination

How to get a Teams channel URL: Copy from the browser address bar or select Get link to channel in Teams

Available notification types

Notification options depend on whether you’re using Slack or Microsoft Teams.

Personnel with Pending Actions
- Notifies pending compliance actions (for example, accepting a policy).
- ⚠️ May include names and compliance status.
- Recommended: Send to a private channel.
Tests with an “Error” Result
- Alerts you when an automated test encounters an issue and cannot determine pass or fail.
- These errors require investigation to restore monitoring.
Required Approvals
- Notifies you when there are updates or changes to control approvals.
Control Evidence Updates
- Notifies control owners when evidence has been added or updated for their controls.
Controls Not Ready
- Alerts you when selected controls are not audit-ready.
- You can choose specific controls to monitor.
- Notifications are only sent if issues are detected.
Workflow Updates
- Notifies you when workflows are updated or encounter run errors.

Notification frequency

Available frequencies:

Daily: Sent at 6:00 AM PT, including weekends
Weekly: Sent Mondays at 6:00 AM PT

Manage existing notifications

For each notification rule, you can:

Disable: Temporarily stop the notification without removing it. Use this if the rule may be needed again.
Active: Turn the notification back on so it resumes sending alerts based on its configured schedule.
Delete: Select the notification rule to permanently remove the notification rule.
- ⚠️ This action cannot be undone.