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Data Security Solutions

Deliver Advanced Security

Get that extra layer of data security when you need it most. From real-time threat monitoring to automated data protection and AI-incident response, our advanced security solution is powered by products like Shield, Security Center, Backup & Recover, and Data Mask & Seed.

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Proactively protect your data with advanced controls

Salesforce Shield

Identify whether humans or agents are accessing your data, and block any suspicious activity with Event Monitoring. Stream real-time data directly into your SIEM to surface anomalies or insights.

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Protect your most sensitive data, including fields, files, attachments, search indexes, custom metadata, or the entire database using Platform Encryption. Manage your own key lifecycle for greater control and flexibility, follow security best practices with regular key rotations, and analyze encryption readiness to inform decision making.

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Maintain compliance and data integrity with Field Audit Trail. Automatically track and log modifications to important fields in your Salesforce records, including what changed and when. Centralized field history tracking lets you review, edit, and revert changes, streamlining audit and compliance reporting.

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Discover sensitive data, like credit card, national IDs, and social security numbers with predefined and custom patterns. Schedule recurring scans to comply with data protection laws and security best practices.

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The Event Monitoring Setting setup window. "View event log data in analytics apps" is selected. A chipmunk and a tree in the background.
The Encryption Policy setup page. Encypt files and attachments, Encrypt chatter, Encrypt search indexes, Encrypt CRM Analytics, "Encrypt change data capture events and platform events" are all selected. Bushes and hills in the background.
The field audit trail and account history windows. Trees and desert mountains in the background.
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Increase visibility into potential risks

Security Center

Gain control over your security posture with Security Center. Implement least privilege access by monitoring and optimizing permissions across all orgs from a single view. Quickly spot misconfigurations, eliminate security gaps, and drill down into granular details to prove compliance with regulatory standards.

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Receive alerts when a security-critical setting is changed in any connected org. Swiftly identify new threats as they emerge to reduce security risks and time spent monitoring changes. 

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Agentforce detects, surfaces, and analyzes potential threats, providing a comprehensive summary of relevant activity from suspicious logins to exported reports, so you can quickly take action.

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Identify and prioritize threats with automated risk assessments based on security best practices and your organization's risk tolerance. Get prescriptive guidance for risk remediation and share one-click audit reports to quickly satisfy internal and external requirements. 

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Safeguard your data with automated backup and precise recovery

Backup & Recover

Protect your business continuity with automated, daily backups across production orgs and sandboxes. Capture complete copies of critical data and metadata—including standard and custom objects, Chatter feeds, knowledge articles, person accounts, attachments, files, and more.

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Catch potential breaches or accidental deletions before they impact operations. Receive proactive alerts when backup data deviates from baseline norms—such as sudden mass deletions or unexpected bulk changes—so you can take immediate action.

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Accelerate incident response by quickly understanding the scope of changes, identifying what data was impacted, and pinpointing precisely when issues occurred. Restore specific records, relationships, or entire objects to ensure seamless transition to recovery.

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Ensure secure development and testing by masking data

Data Mask & Seed

Automatically replace PII, PHI, or financial details with realistic, obfuscated test data across all your sandboxes. Give developers, contractors, and QA teams the accurate data structures they need to test effectively while keeping real sensitive data entirely out of non-production orgs.

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Align dev-environment security directly with your global data governance framework. Map anonymization policies straight to regulated categories like PII, PHI, or PCI so every sandbox automatically enforces your exact corporate compliance standards without manual setup.

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VP, Pharmacy Segment CIO, Humana

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Salesforce Data Security FAQ

Data security solutions are software tools and processes that protect sensitive organizational data from external threats, unauthorized access, and loss. They cover the full data security lifecycle – from discovery and classification to encryption, access control, monitoring, and compliance enforcement. Organizations deploy data security solutions to reduce the chance of exposure while fulfilling compliance mandates and maintaining client confidence.

It's crucial to employ cloud data security tools to protect against cybersecurity threats, meet regulatory compliance, prevent unwanted costs, and maintain customer trust.

Salesforce secures your environments through multiple solutions, alongside additional compliance tools:

Shield: Secures data directly by encrypting sensitive information, tracking application usage and events, logging historical field changes, and scanning for sensitive data (like SSNs).

Security Center: Provides a centralized dashboard to monitor permissions, set custom alerts, assess threats, and deploy uniform security policies across multiple Salesforce orgs.

Backup & Recover: Provides automated backups and precise recovery tools to ensure business continuity and prevent data loss. 

Data Mask & Seed: De-identifies sensitive information in sandboxes to ensure secure development and testing. 

Customer Identity: Manages user access frictionlessly through passwordless login options, social sign-on, and unified customer profiles.

Mobile App Plus: Protects corporate data on mobile devices by enforcing security policies, preventing data loss (e.g., blocking copy/paste), and capturing mobile events for compliance audits.

When evaluating data security tools, select a trusted, scalable platform that meets your organization's specific security needs, such as your industry-specific and standard compliance requirements, data classification, and user access management strategies.

Pricing varies based on each customer's individual needs. Our sales team will work with you to tailor a package that meets your requirements and price considerations, no matter your company's size or industry. You can check out some of our pricing options here.