AWS Security Incident Response introduces integration with Slack

AWS Security Incident Response now offers integration with the cloud-based team collaboration platform Slack, enabling you to prepare for, respond to, and recover from security events faster and more effectively while maintaining your existing notification and communication workflows. With the bidirectional integration, you can create and update cases in both the Security Incident Response console and Slack with automatic data replication. Each Security Incident Response case is represented as a dedicated Slack channel, while comments and attachments sync instantly. This gives responders immediate access to critical case information and enables more efficient collaboration regardless of tool preference.

The integration helps security teams engage faster and accelerate response times by automatically adding Security Incident Response watchers to the corresponding Slack channel. This integration is available as an open-source solution on GitHub, providing customers and partners the opportunity to customize and extend the functionality. The integration leverages EventBridge which allows customers to continue using their existing security incident management and notification tooling, while leveraging AWS Security Incident Response capabilities. The solution features a modular architecture, and includes guidance on how to use Amazon Q Developer, Kiro, or similar AI assistants that help make it easy to add new integration targets beyond Slack.

To get started with the AWS Security Incident Response Slack integration, visit our GitHub repository. Visit our technical documentation for Slack for implementation details. Learn more about AWS Security Incident Response in the service’s User Guide.