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How to Evaluate the Security of Your Org and Improve it Instantly

The Salesforce Admin is also the trusted security advisor. Security is our #1 priority at Salesforce, so we’ve made it easy for you, as a Salesforce Admin, to be a security superhero for your organization with Two-Factor Authentication. You have the power to customize your Salesforce org in many ways, including user authentication. User authentication […]

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3 Ways Salesforce Health Check Makes You A Security Champion

Calling all Salesforce Admins! Let’s talk about security. As a Salesforce Admin security is important to you just like it is our number 1 priority at Salesforce. In the Spring 16 release we have a new way for admins to monitor and update their org security settings, Security Health Check. Right now we are going […]

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Over 70 Security Best Practice Sessions for Admins at Dreamforce

I have attended slews of tech conferences throughout my high-tech career, some more rewarding than others. My experiences have ranged from “dazed and confused” to fully engaged and satisfied at the end of the conference. Looking back, I realize the key element to my positive experience was just a little planning, along with being realistic […]

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Learn how our additional login pools will impact your end-users!

As an admin, you want to ensure your end-users can consistently access Salesforce. As we continue to expand our infrastructure, we are adding additional login pools across the globe. Login pools process end-user authentication When end-users head to our login screen, and type in their credentials, they are sent to the closest login pool in […]

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Users May Come and Go, But Their Records Must Live On….

These days people change jobs more than ever. And this means that your Salesforce users are constantly changing and shifting – folks leaving the company and new users being added when you add licenses or new services. As an Admin what do we do about deactivating users who leave the company? In this moment when […]

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Why Relying on “Password123” Won’t Cut It

In the wild west of Internet security, enabling two factor authentication is the closest thing you can do to making your accounts hacker proof. In this post, I will walk you through why two factor authentication (“2FA”, and also known as two-step verification) enhances security and how you can set it up to make yourself […]

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More Ways to Protect your Salesforce Org

In my last post, I shared a key way to protect your Salesforce implementation and still give your users the flexibility they demand, via Login IP Range restrictions.  This important security control prevents unauthorized users from accessing your Salesforce org. If you find that Login IP ranges do not work for your org or you […]

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