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9 Ways a Salesforce Data Loader Assists Compliance

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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How to Set Up a Salesforce Release Management Strategy

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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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Do I Really Need Salesforce Version Control?

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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 …

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How to Assemble a Salesforce Data Governance Team

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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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Data Protection in Salesforce Sandbox Management

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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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What Is the Salesforce Continuous Deployment Workflow?

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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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7 Tips for a Getting the Most from Code Scanning Tools

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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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What Are Salesforce Change Sets?

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BLOG Multi-developer teams are a great way to push new DevOps projects through the building stage and into production. However, keeping these projects organized and aligned can become difficult. Multiple sandboxes merging into a main code repository creates opportunities for errors. Overwrites, improperly structured code updates, and inconsistent metadata can contribute to a difficult—or even …

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Addressing the Salesforce Data Loader Log4j Issue with AutoRABIT

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BLOG The Log4j data security vulnerability has the potential to impact a singular company multiple times. This is why it received the highest threat level designation from CVSS. The SolarWinds hack cost the company around $18 million dollars in the first few months of 2021. And this was the result of a single entry point …

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Log4j Data Security Vulnerability: The AutoRABIT Response

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BLOG On December 9, 2021, Apache announced a security vulnerability in its Java-based logging utility, Log4j. The vulnerability is likely the largest of its kind found in the last decade. This vulnerability is also known as CVE 2021-44228, or more colloquially as Log4Shell or LogJam. Every internet-connected device that runs Apache Log4j is vulnerable to …

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How Automation Supports Your DevSecOps Pipeline

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BLOG The ability to quickly introduce new applications and updates is a major advantage when positioning your business as a leader in your industry. The processes and tools used to achieve this will have a great impact on the stability, functionality, and security of your releases. DevSecOps is aimed at producing the most secure and …

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How Do I Choose the Best Salesforce DevOps Tools?

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BLOG The next time you go to a hardware store, check out the hammers. Anybody who isn’t a carpenter is sure to be surprised at how many different kinds of hammers are available. This is because driving a nail doesn’t look the same in every scenario. The same principle applies when it comes to Salesforce …

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Internal Threats to Salesforce Data Loss for Healthcare Companies

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BLOG Healthcare companies work with many types of sensitive information. Personally identifiable information of their employees and patients—along with medical records and financial information—must be protected. Not only does a healthcare company owe it to those that trust them with their sensitive information, but it is also required by a variety of government regulations. Every …

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Essential Aspects of a Salesforce CI/CD Suite

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BLOG A Salesforce DevOps pipeline won’t provide the business and technical benefits you expect if your tools aren’t optimized. Not all strategies will provide the same returns. This could be due to weak DevOps tools, a failure to source the proper software to address your needs, or simply an inability to properly use these tools. …

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7 Ways Salesforce Continuous Integration Tools Save You Money

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BLOG Your DevOps pipeline is a great opportunity to create new and useful tools for your customers and team members. The applications and updates produced through these efforts can increase your market value and prestige in the eyes of your customers. The ultimate goal of every Salesforce DevOps pipeline is to increase revenue. The cost …

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7 Tips for Maintaining Cloud Computing Data Security

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BLOG 2020 changed the way many companies operate. Most notably, remote work has grown in popularity. It’s estimated that 36.2 million Americans will be working remotely by 2025, which is an 87% increase compared to before 2020. Cloud computing is an essential aspect of growing along with the changing expectations of both customers and team …

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How to Improve Salesforce Code Quality

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BLOG A Salesforce DevOps pipeline can provide great benefits to a company. The ability to produce useful applications and updates helps better serve their customers. This can come in the form of enabling customer-facing team members to provide better services or to offer the software directly to the customers themselves. The quality of code that …

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Why Banks Need a Unified Salesforce Release Management Suite

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BLOG The banking and financial services industry is making great leaps forward in services and tools. A strong development cycle is essential to not only remaining competitive in the market, but positioning yourself as a leader. A Salesforce release management suite gives your bank the ability to streamline your DevOps pipeline to address the evolving …

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Introducing Security to DevOps for Salesforce

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BLOG Incorporating DevOps for Salesforce has helped numerous companies to optimize and streamline their development efforts. Stronger projects, faster release cycles, and reduced overhead costs have solidified the essentiality of incorporating DevOps tools and practices. However, fast release cycles and reliable products are not the only factors in the success of your DevOps for Salesforce …

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Why Use a Third-Party Data Backup Tool in Salesforce?

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BLOG There are a lot of options for DevOps tools. The dev environment in which you work will point you toward specific options. And for those that work within the Salesforce development environment, there are native Salesforce options for some of the most important DevOps tools. Salesforce data backup is an essential aspect of a …

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How Does Source Control Help Salesforce Developers?

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BLOG Keeping track of changes to your main code repository throughout the Salesforce DevOps pipeline can become challenging. There are many sources for these changes, and these changes can occur at a variety of times. So how do you maintain control of the code changes while ensuring errors don’t arise? Source control is the practice …

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7 Benefits of Continuous Delivery in Salesforce

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BLOG DevOps tools and processes all share a similar goal: create a better product in a more streamlined fashion. However, the needs and chosen practices of each DevOps pipeline are going to vary. Your needs are not the same as those of even your direct competitors. Finding the tools that best address your needs will …

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How Does Code Quality Affect Salesforce Data Security?

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BLOG Salesforce data security should be a constant concern. The consequences of a data breach or data loss event can be very expensive while also interrupting your ability to remain in operations. The threats facing your Salesforce environment are constantly evolving so you need to cover your bases in every way possible. This includes tactics …

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How to Backup Salesforce Data

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BLOG Before learning how to backup Salesforce data, it’s important to understand why you need to create reliable backups in the first place. This context helps frame how essential it is to pay proper attention to these backups—as well as the proper resources. 96% of businesses experience some form of an outage over the course …

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7 Tips for Healthcare Companies to Optimize the Salesforce DevOps Pipeline

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BLOG An efficient Salesforce DevOps pipeline is beneficial to every business. However, the importance of services provided by healthcare companies to their customers heightens the necessity of creating reliable updates and applications. An optimized Salesforce DevOps pipeline keeps costs low for healthcare companies while helping them produce products that can positively impact the lives of …

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The Role of Metadata in DevOps for Salesforce

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BLOG Metadata is an ever-present aspect of every Salesforce environment, whether you’re aware of it or not. It often exists behind the scenes but that doesn’t make it any less important. In fact, your Salesforce environment would cease to operate if all your metadata were to suddenly disappear. Metadata plays a variety of essential roles …

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9 Essential Aspects of a Successful Salesforce Data Security Policy

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BLOG Data security needs to be a main consideration for every company. Salesforce DevOps pipelines have the ability to address this with new updates and applications. However, these software releases will only assist data security efforts if structured properly. A beneficial Salesforce data security policy will involve the utilization of a series of tactics, tools, …

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9 Tips for Working on a Multi-Developer Team

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BLOG Producing more software releases involves more than simply adding more developers to your team. In fact, multi-developer teams can run into issues such as code overwrites that can contribute to the failure of a release. Streamlining your Salesforce DevOps efforts involves the utilization of intentional processes and tools to optimize your team members’ contributions. …

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Avoid These Common Salesforce CI/CD Mistakes

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BLOG Developing software updates and applications requires a massive amount of time, energy, and attention. The scope of the project will dictate the resources it requires, but there will always be multiple team members addressing various aspects of the project. DevOps aims to incorporate the efforts of multiple team members to expedite the process while …

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How Code Quality Tools Help Your Salesforce DevOps Pipeline

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BLOG The Salesforce development platform can help a company to produce high quality updates and applications and address their customers’ evolving needs. However, like any other process or procedure in the business world, there are varying degrees of success in this endeavor. Code quality tools helps Salesforce developers produce the best possible products in a …

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Josh Rank

9 Ways a Salesforce Data Loader Assists Compliance

How to Set Up a Salesforce Release Management Strategy

Do I Really Need Salesforce Version Control?

How to Assemble a Salesforce Data Governance Team

Data Protection in Salesforce Sandbox Management

What Is the Salesforce Continuous Deployment Workflow?

7 Tips for a Getting the Most from Code Scanning Tools

What Are Salesforce Change Sets?

Addressing the Salesforce Data Loader Log4j Issue with AutoRABIT

Log4j Data Security Vulnerability: The AutoRABIT Response

How Automation Supports Your DevSecOps Pipeline

How Do I Choose the Best Salesforce DevOps Tools?

Internal Threats to Salesforce Data Loss for Healthcare Companies

Essential Aspects of a Salesforce CI/CD Suite

7 Ways Salesforce Continuous Integration Tools Save You Money

How to Improve Salesforce Code Quality

Why Banks Need a Unified Salesforce Release Management Suite

Introducing Security to DevOps for Salesforce

Why Use a Third-Party Data Backup Tool in Salesforce?

How Does Source Control Help Salesforce Developers?

7 Benefits of Continuous Delivery in Salesforce

How Does Code Quality Affect Salesforce Data Security?

How to Backup Salesforce Data

7 Tips for Healthcare Companies to Optimize the Salesforce DevOps Pipeline

The Role of Metadata in DevOps for Salesforce

9 Essential Aspects of a Successful Salesforce Data Security Policy

9 Tips for Working on a Multi-Developer Team

Avoid These Common Salesforce CI/CD Mistakes

How Code Quality Tools Help Your Salesforce DevOps Pipeline

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