Security operations often depend on speed getting the right alerts to the right team without delay. But email chains and spreadsheet reviews don’t scale. Teams need instant updates where collaboration already happens.
That’s where Flock comes in.
As part of its communication stack integrations, Strobes connects with Flock to push security alerts in real time. Whether it’s a newly detected critical vulnerability, an SLA breach, or a status change in remediation, your team can now stay updated without context switching.
Here’s how this integration works, the value it offers, and why it should be part of your SecOps playbook.
What Is Flock?
Flock is a modern messaging and collaboration platform designed for teams that value quick decision-making and clear visibility across workstreams. It supports:
- Channel-based communication
- Rich notifications with actionable content
- Integration with external systems through webhooks and APIs
- Granular user and group-level access controls
Flock is often used by engineering, DevOps, and product teams as a central hub for cross-functional updates.
Adding Strobes alerts to Flock means security incidents don’t get buried; they get addressed.
What Is Strobes?
Strobes is a CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management) platform built for vulnerability management at enterprise scale. It integrates with tools across scanning, ticketing, and notification ecosystems to deliver:
- Asset-aware prioritization
- Deduplication and correlation across sources
- Workflow automation for remediation and validation
- Reporting built for technical, operational, and leadership teams
The Flock integration is part of Strobes’ alerting layer, ensuring fast, traceable communication for all critical security events.
The Purpose of Flock Integration in Strobes
Flock Integration in Strobes is designed for teams that:
- Want faster updates on exposure and remediation progress
- Already use Flock as their day-to-day collaboration tool
- Need structured, real-time notifications tied to severity and SLAs
- Prefer eliminating email threads and manual alerting
By sending alerts directly into Flock, Strobes makes sure that critical signals are not delayed, overlooked, or stuck in inbox filters.
What the Integration Actually Does?
1. Notification Triggering
Based on automation workflows inside Strobes, the system identifies specific events such as:
- New vulnerability findings
- SLA breaches
- Changes in ticket or finding status
- Risk scoring thresholds are being exceeded
Each of these events can be mapped to an outgoing message.
2. Message Construction
Strobes constructs the alert message using relevant data fields:
- Asset name and group
- CVE or finding ID
- Severity
- Assigned owner
- SLA deadline
- Direct link to the Strobes finding
This ensures that the notification is both brief and actionable.
3. Delivery to Flock Channels
Using the webhook URL configured in Flock, Strobes pushes the formatted message into a specific Flock channel. This is typically tied to security or infrastructure teams, but can be routed to any relevant group.
Multiple Flock channels can be configured to receive different alerts, e.g.,
#critical-findings, #compliance-notifications, or #prod-infra-security.
Why Flock Integration in Strobes Matters
1. Reduces Time to Awareness
Security alerts need action, not just logging. With Flock alerts from Strobes, response starts the moment a trigger is activated. No delays. No waiting for report reviews.
2. Centralized Operational Communication
Security teams often lose track when different tools operate in silos. Flock becomes the shared view where alerts are contextualized, visible, and traceable.
3. Replaces Manual Updates
Sending reminders over email or status reports in Excel slows things down. Strobes workflows remove that friction, and alerts are sent automatically, based on rules you control.
4. Aligns to Ownership
Flock alerts can be scoped based on asset groups, severity, or team labels, ensuring only the relevant people are notified, not entire departments.
How to Set It Up?
1. Generate a Webhook in Flock
- Go to Apps > Webhooks
- Select Create Incoming Webhook
- Choose the target Flock channel and copy the generated URL
2. Configure in Strobes
- Go to Settings > Notifications
- Add a new channel of type Flock
- Paste the webhook URL and name the channel
3. Set Up Automation Rules
- Go to Automation > Workflows
- Define triggers like “On Finding Create” or “On SLA Breach.”
- Add action → “Send Flock Notification”
- Customize the message template
- Save and activate
Once done, alerts will start appearing in your Flock channel automatically.
What You Gain from Flock Integration in Strobes?
| Challenge | What This Integration Solves |
| Delay in vulnerability visibility | Real-time alerts pushed into team channels |
| Manual status updates | Automation based on event triggers and conditions |
| Unclear ownership of issues | Scoped notifications by asset, group, or label |
| Poor collaboration during incidents | Centralized discussion thread in Flock with context |
| Missed SLA deadlines | Immediate visibility into pending deadlines |
Who Uses Flock Integration in Strobes?
This setup is well-suited for:
- Agile teams with a lean security function
- Organizations practicing ChatOps or DevSecOps
- Cloud-first companies with decentralized teams
- Enterprises using Flock for internal IT, engineering, and infrastructure communications
Final Thoughts
Security alerts aren’t helpful if they’re slow, noisy, or disconnected from action. With Flock Integration in Strobes, alerts show up where teams are already working, making response quicker and more reliable.
Set it up once. Then let automation and collaboration take over.
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