Chapter 3. Making Your Salesforce Data Secure – Security Settings in Salesforce

In the previous chapter, we discussed the company's profile management, role, and profile permission sets. We also discussed the user management personal settings in Salesforce. In this chapter, we will discuss Organization-Wide Default (OWD) and various ways to share records. We will also discuss the various security settings in Salesforce. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Concepts of OWD
  • The sharing rule
  • Field-Level Security and its effect on data visibility
  • Setting up password polices
  • Two-factor authentication in Salesforce
  • Session setting and its effects on users
  • Network access – securing your organization data
  • Removing activated IP – activations

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