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THE BIG PICTURE
6 Tips to Optimize Your Salesforce Data Recovery Plan
6 Tips for Effective Salesforce Vulnerability Scanning
In 2024, 30.2% of businesses experienced data loss, up from 17.2% in 2023. A well-planned Salesforce data recovery plan gives organizations the tools and guidance they need to quickly return to operations after a data outage and avoid costly downtime.
There are far too many potential sources of data loss to completely guard against all of them. Those who fail to plan for worst-case scenarios are setting themselves up for loss of consumer trust, compliance failures, and massive amounts of lost money.
Salesforce environments rarely stand still. They evolve alongside the business, shaped by new integrations, shifting access needs, and constant configuration changes. That flexibility is a strength, but it also introduces risk in subtle ways. Small missteps in permissions, overlooked code issues, or unmonitored changes can compound over time, creating exposure that is difficult to detect without the right disciplines in place.
Salesforce vulnerability scanning is the practice of continuously identifying security weaknesses across code, configurations, permissions, and integrations. It surfaces risks such as insecure Apex code, misconfigured sharing models, excessive user access, and exposed integration points. Done right, it shifts security from periodic review to continuous control.
The stakes are high. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average global breach cost reached $4.4 million in 2025. In highly customized Salesforce environments, those risks often go unnoticed until they become incidents.
Industry Pulse
How AutoRABIT + nCino Help Banks Drive Salesforce Digital Transformation
7 Ways Salesforce Data Classification Secures Financial Systems
Banks looking to streamline processes and increase the value they offer their customers will see huge benefits from combining the power of AutoRABIT and nCino on Salesforce. Banking customers expect state-of-the-art software and mobile capabilities.
Any bank that doesn’t offer these capabilities will fall behind their competition. The financial services industry is among the most frequent targets for cybercriminals. Having a constantly updated data security approach is critical to properly protecting sensitive data.
Financial systems don’t fail loudly. They degrade quietly through misclassified data, over-permissioned users, and policies that no longer reflect how the business actually operates. Salesforce sits at the center of many of these systems, holding sensitive financial records, customer data, and operational logic. Yet in many environments, Salesforce data classification is either incomplete or treated as a one-time exercise.
That gap is where risk accumulates.
Data classification is not just about labeling fields. Done correctly, it becomes a control surface for enforcing policy, reducing exposure, and aligning security with how data actually flows through the organization.
Expert Voices
Salesforce AppSec: A Comprehensive Guide to Key Application Security Acronyms
Bringing DevOps Discipline to Salesforce Data Cloud
In the realm of application security, many industry experts often refer to acronyms and as a developer, decoding these acronyms is crucial, as they represent key facets of safeguarding your applications.
In this guide, we’ll unravel the top 7 application security acronyms, offering not just their definitions but also insights into how code scanning tools address potential vulnerabilities, along with a glimpse into real-world examples of potential hacks.
For many organizations, Salesforce Data Cloud is becoming a strategic foundation for unified customer data.
It aggregates data from across systems, harmonizes identities, and activates insights across sales, marketing, and service workflows. For many organizations, it’s the engine behind real-time customer engagement and AI-driven experiences.
But while Data Cloud unlocks new capabilities, it also introduces a new operational challenge: how do you manage, version, and deploy Data Cloud configurations with the same discipline applied to the rest of the Salesforce ecosystem?
Beyond the Buzz
How Do Salesforce Deployment Tools Expedite Release Cycles?
Mitigating Third-Party Risks in Salesforce Apps
Human error is continuously labeled as the leading cause of data loss. Salesforce deployment tools reduce the potential for human error by automating critical quality and security processes in the DevOps lifecycle.
A streamlined release cycle enables organizations to be more flexible and agile in their responses to software needs. Eliminating errors and automating time-consuming manual processes enable faster delivery of features and updates.
Modern enterprises depend on a growing ecosystem of connected applications, integrations, and AppExchange solutions to extend functionality and drive efficiency. That ecosystem creates value, but it also introduces risk.
Every third-party app connected to Salesforce becomes a potential pathway to sensitive data. Permissions granted once for convenience can persist far longer than intended. APIs expose data flows that are rarely audited with the same rigor as core systems. Over time, the environment becomes harder to fully understand, let alone secure.
Salesforce app security is no longer just about platform configuration. It’s about controlling an interconnected system where trust is distributed across vendors, integrations, and users. The organizations that recognize this shift are the ones that stay ahead of the next breach.
