A strong Salesforce deployment process must be fast and secure without sacrificing quality. You can successfully accomplish this by focusing on key considerations. Why It Matters: A compromised Salesforce deployment process results in faulty updates and applications, and has the potential to expose sensitive data in multiple locations. Here are 10 ways to secure your …
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A proper Salesforce release management suite will support faster releases, stronger products, and streamlined systems—all of which strengthen data privacy. Why It Matters: A recent study found the average cost of a data breach to be $4.35 million. Data breaches are becoming more costly and, unfortunately, more common. Here are 10 ways a Salesforce release …
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The steps you take today are either going to help or hurt your chances of remaining secure and compliant in the new year. Why It Matters: Healthcare companies are among the most highly targeted industries for data theft, and Salesforce is your single largest data repository. Here are 10 Salesforce data security support factors every …
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Companies in highly regulated industries are subject to a series of requirements that dictate the proper ways to handle, store, and protect sensitive information. Why It Matters: Paying strict attention to multiple overarching considerations helps companies adhere to industry regulations. Oftentimes, these mandates overlap to ensure coverage as long as they are addressed. However, the …
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BLOG DevOps is a software development framework that combines various philosophies, methods, and tools to streamline delivery and improve key processes. Harvard Business Review’s recent survey of companies using DevOps practices revealed that, while many are still working out the logistics, they were reaping financial and process benefits from the framework. Here are some of the key …
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BLOG Your Salesforce applications are full of valuable customer and organization data. While this data and metadata are critical for keeping your operations running as they should, they make your platform an attractive target for cybercriminals. A recent Salesforce study surveyed 300 IT executives to determine their top information security pain points. Out of those …
BLOG With the recent release of Salesforce DevOps Center Beta, the developer community has been eagerly awaiting what’s next. Based on how DevOps has evolved in Salesforce, we can make a reasonable prediction of what the future will look like for developers worldwide. What Is Salesforce DevOps? Patrick Debois coined the term “DevOps” in 2009 …
BLOG AutoRABIT is excited to announce two new advancements that, together, enable true continuous delivery in Salesforce: Auto-approval for quality gates: Commits and merges can be triggered automatically without manual intervention if tests are passed. Auto-merge to multiple branches: Sophisticated teams that perform numerous commits and merges a day can save time and money by …
BLOG While multiple factors contribute to a healthy Salesforce environment, there are many liabilities that create quality, security, and compliance risks. CodeScan Shield addresses these potential liabilities with a dual-pronged, automated approach. CodeScan provides static code analysis for total visibility into code health from the moment it’s written through production. OrgScan governs organizational policies by …
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BLOG There are a wide variety of approaches to Salesforce DevOps. These differences will have a lot to do with the size of your team, your expectations, and the industry in which you operate. However, the largest impact on your Salesforce DevOps approach will come from the tools you use throughout the development pipeline. Automated …
BLOG Salesforce has announced that they are phasing out two popular tools—Process Builder and Workflow Rules—and focusing on another tool known as Flow. The reasoning for paring down their available tools is an attempt to streamline services. There is a lot of overlap between the Process Builder, Workflow Rules, and Flow. So, in order to …
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BLOG A streamlined Salesforce DevOps pipeline is a great way to introduce new applications and updates to help team members and customers alike. Solidifying your internal processes with continued updates enables team members to provide professional service while new public-facing applications support customers with tangible benefits. A Salesforce CI/CD suite is an important aspect of …
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BLOG There are a surprising amount of different kinds of hammers. And while they might serve a similar general purpose, each one has a specific use. Every carpenter has different needs which means they likely won’t need every type of hammer. They need to learn the difference between the hammers and choose the ones that …
BLOG Salesforce DX is a great way for DevOps teams to take their development efforts to the next level. Salesforce’s clicks-not-code interface is great for many scenarios, but sometimes you need to dig a little deeper into the world of software development. Salesforce DX offers development tools to enable DevOps teams to deliver software updates …
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BLOG Heroku—a cloud platform as a service (PaaS)—has disclosed a recent cyberattack that took place April 9th, 2022. This attack was more severe than initially thought so they began forcing users to reset their passwords in an attempt to minimize impact. The breach involved the exposure of OAuth tokens for GitHub integrations. And once a …
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BLOG DevOps is the combination of efforts from your development and operations teams. Addressing these considerations throughout the entire development process creates stronger products at a faster rate. Many teams have implemented this strategy. Those that have not need to get onboard or face being left behind. DevOps teams are responsible for managing the product …
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BLOG Okta, a cloud software company, announced in January of 2022 they detected an unsuccessful attempt to compromise the account of one of their third-party customer support engineers. They altered the third-party provider to the situation. They also suspended the individual’s account and terminated their active sessions. A thorough analysis was performed to determine the …
BLOG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEu4Mr-8Mj0 AutoRABIT is proud to expand our DevSecOps offerings by introducing AutoRABIT Record Migrator. This powerful tool empowers customers and partners to deploy hundreds of AppExchange apps and add-ons quickly and easily. Manually moving configuration records throughout Salesforce is complex, time-consuming, and frustrating. AutoRABIT’s 1-click deployment simplifies this process by eliminating errors, reducing costs, …
BLOG There’s a lot to keep in mind when planning out a new update or application. Who is the intended target user? What need are you trying to fulfill? How will you accomplish this? It’s important to focus on these issues and thoroughly plan your attack. However, this focus shouldn’t come at the expense of …
BLOG AutoRABIT is aware of a critical, zero-day vulnerability in the Spring framework known as “Spring4Shell” (CVE-2022-22965) which was disclosed on March 31st, 2022. This vulnerability can lead to remote code execution. As a result ,AutoRABIT has taken steps to analyze its impact on our product, and mitigate it. As part of our overall in-depth …
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BLOG Salesforce environments contain and create massive amounts of data. This data can be used to inform future business decisions. Other types of data such as customer and team member personal information will need to be protected. However, you can only use and protect your Salesforce data if you know where to find it. Otherwise, …
BLOG We buy insurance because even though we try to be prepared, we can never truly account for everything. This is true for our cars and our health, but it is also true for our Salesforce data. And while there’s no such thing as data insurance, there are measures that can be taken to protect …
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BLOG Testing is an essential aspect of properly maintaining your Salesforce environment. DevOps projects are often aimed at implementing new updates to your system in order to stay timely or producing a new product for your customers or team members to use. These projects will only be as useful as they are reliable—so how can …
BLOG Data security regulations are in place to protect consumers, employees, and companies themselves from exposing sensitive data. The exact regulations facing a company will depend on their industry and location, but the basic principles will be similar—take every possible precaution to avoid unnecessary exposure of personally identifiable information, financial information, or personal health information. …
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BLOG How are you going to structure your DevSecOps processes? What tools will be utilized to best achieve your goals? Who will be in charge of specific tasks and who will be responsible for overseeing these initiatives? Salesforce release management provides the answers to a lot of important questions. Developing and releasing new applications or …
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BLOG DevOps pipelines will vary in size, execution, and approach for every business. Your needs are not the same as those of your competition. And because of this, every DevOps pipeline needs to take stock of their current processes and needs to find new tools and methods to fulfill their objectives. Incorporating a Salesforce version …
BLOG How reliable is your data? Are you confident that you have access to strong information? Anything less than a resounding yes means you can benefit from a Salesforce data governance plan. Data governance is a combination of principles and practices with the goal of maintaining a quality pool of data. Internally defined standards guide …
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BLOG Sandboxes are a risk-free development environment that can be used for training exercises, streamlined testing and trials of new code, as well as providing increased stability for the organization. These environments are separated from production environments, making it a great opportunity to work on code without impacting the main code repository. Salesforce sandbox management is …
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BLOG The decision to implement automated DevOps tools can be difficult. What value do these tools provide? How do they work? What will the implementation look like in your specific development pipeline? A better understanding of tools like Salesforce continuous deployment will inform purchasing decisions and highlight the benefits they can provide. So, let’s briefly …
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BLOG Salesforce DevOps tools can be a great way to increase release velocity and quality. However, there are additional factors that will contribute to the success of these tools beyond the simple decision to utilize them. The manner in which they are used—as well as the quality of the tools themselves—will impact the degree to …
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