Why Financial Institutions Should Practice Data Masking
Data security should be a major consideration for every business, regardless of their industry. However, there are some industries that have a greater need for protecting their system information as well as the information of their customers. Financial institutions provide a service that is inextricable from their customers’ lives. Financial services impact the most important […]
8 Common Salesforce Data Security Mistakes That Put You at Risk
The security measures we put in place and the daily habits of our team members can either be our greatest asset or a vulnerability. 95% of data breaches are the result of human error. Picture your Salesforce instance as a large building with multiple doors. Cybercriminals are going to try each one of those doors […]
How DevSecOps Increases Release Velocity Without Sacrificing Quality
Software updates and new service rollouts used to occur a few times a year. The span between releases could be months, which gave companies plenty of time to test their releases for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and more. But like just about everything else in the business landscape, things have changed over the last decade. Release […]
7 Best Practices for Backing up Your Salesforce Data
Losing your Salesforce data is probably one thing you don’t like to think about. The consequences could be drastic and it might be more comfortable to simply continue along as though a data loss event isn’t a possibility—but it is. According to a 2019 study by LogicMonitor, 96% of companies experienced at least one system outage […]
Developing on Salesforce: Continuity of Service is Essential for Financial Institutions
Every business wants to avoid downtime. They can’t bring in any money if their customers can’t access their services. However, this basic imperative is even more of a necessity for the financial services industry. Gartner estimated the cost of IT downtime cost the average company $5,600 per minute back in 2014. This estimate will vary depending […]
Why Might Someone Want to Steal Your Salesforce Data?
Many of us have been told about the necessity of strong passwords and safe internet habits from the moment we began using the internet. The threat of cyberattacks are seemingly so apparent that the importance of maintaining these security measures is often unspoken. But many of us don’t actually understand why these safe practices are […]
The Popularity of Salesforce Also Makes It a Target. Are You Prepared?
Cybersecurity needs to be a major concern in 2021. Companies and consumers have drastically increased their use of technology to account for the changing landscape of the pandemic. Cybercriminals are taking this opportunity to exploit every weakness they can find. In fact, it’s estimated that a cyberattack will occur every 11 seconds in 2021. Many major […]
Top 8 Salesforce Cloud Security Concerns in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way many companies are running their businesses. A series of new challenges have impacted every industry in their own unique ways. One unifying consideration is that many companies have elected to allow their employees to work remotely. The inability to work alongside coworkers has led to the integration of […]
7 Best Practices for Securing Data Through Metadata
Data security requires you to take a step back on look at the entire technological landscape. There are often tangential relationships that can end up exposing your entire system. For example, Home Depot had their customers’ information compromised because of a hack to a third-party vendor. This created a backdoor to their system, which the criminals […]
8 Best Practices for DevOps Security in 2021
The importance of Salesforce data security is no secret. It’s estimated that cybercrime will cost companies $6 trillion in 2021. Cybercriminals are constantly on the lookout for new opportunities, unseen vulnerabilities, and inventive ways to exploit incomplete defense strategies. DevOps is the union of developmental practices and operations considerations. It combines the processes of code development […]