Software
Slack
Team messaging platform with channels, integrations and search
🔶 Elevated Risk · Score 2.35/5
Product Details
- Vendor
- 🇺🇸 Salesforce, Inc.
- HQ Country
- 🇺🇸 US
- Risk Level
- 🔶 Elevated
- Open Source
- No
- Data Portability
- Full
- Self-Hosted
- No
Hosting & Jurisdiction
Data Residency
🏳️ EU/EEA
Jurisdiction Exposure
🇺🇸 US
Cloud-only. EU data residency available but US jurisdiction applies via Salesforce.
NDSI Assessment
2.4
/ 5.0 risk score
v1.0 · 2025-12-01
⚠️ Jurisdiction Risk
This product is subject to foreign jurisdiction (US), which may allow foreign authorities to compel data disclosure.
Key Concerns
- Owned by Salesforce (CLOUD Act)
- All data in the cloud
- Enterprise features require expensive license
NDSI Assessment Breakdown
Norwegian Digital Sovereignty Index v1.0 — Assessed 2025-12-01
Data
⚠️ 2/5
EU data residency available
Environment
⚠️ 2/5
Salesforce environmental commitments
Legal
🔶 3/5
Subject to CLOUD Act via Salesforce
Local presence
⚠️ 2/5
No dedicated Norwegian support
National security
⚠️ 2/5
Communication data subject to US jurisdiction
Operational
⚠️ 2/5
Cloud-only, good uptime
Security
⚠️ 2/5
EKM available for enterprise
Strategic
🔶 3/5
Owned by Salesforce (US), previously independent
Supply chain
⚠️ 2/5
Part of Salesforce ecosystem
Technology
⚠️ 2/5
Good API, but some lock-in
What You Can Do
Enable Enterprise Key Management (EKM)
Manage your own encryption keys via AWS KMS
Effort: High
Impact: Medium
Requires: Enterprise Grid
Use EU data residency
Select EU region for data storage
Effort: Low
Impact: Medium
Alternatives
Use Areas
Communication
Collaboration