Security Guide: Protect & Monitor Salesforce

As the cost and risks associated with data breaches continue to climb, cybersecurity is a topic that should be a priority for every B2B SaaS company. Recently, IBM published that the average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million. With so much at stake, organizations can’t afford to ignore security best practices.

With Salesforce being the central hub of information for many SaaS companies, it’s no surprise that organizations are focused on keeping their Salesforce instance and integrations secure. The good news is, Salesforce is an extremely secure platform. However, there are still basic steps all organizations need to take to minimize external threats and breaches caused by employee error or malicious intent.

In this eBook, we’re going to discuss the top three threat vectors you need to protect your Salesforce instance against:

• External Malicious: Example: hackers
• Internal Malicious: Example: a sales rep downloading leads before they leave the organization for a competitor
• Internal Non-Malicious: Example: a well-meaning employee authorizing a tool to integrate with Salesforce that results in a GDPR violation