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3 Security Habits That Will Help Your Admin Career

Editor’s note: As of January 2022, Essential Habits for Salesforce Admins has been refreshed and is now available as a Trailhead module. This blog post was updated in July 2023 to reflect the content changes.  At Salesforce, we’ve identified four core responsibilities that all admins share: user management, data management, security, and actionable analytics. And […]

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5 Steps Every Admin Should Take to Secure Their Org

At Salesforce, we build security into our products and processes from the ground up. But our commitment to delivering secure products is only half the story because we believe security is a shared responsibility between Salesforce and our customers. As an admin, you have a unique opportunity to become a security advocate — or champion, […]

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Tips To Increase MFA Adoption in a Multi-Cloud Environment

You may have seen the announcement we recently made that beginning on February 1, 2022, Salesforce will start requiring all customers to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). If so, you already know that MFA is one of the easiest, most effective ways to help prevent unauthorized account access and safeguard your Salesforce data. And in case […]

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Remove Security Risks from Your Org With a User Audit

The right level of user access is critical to security, and as an #AwesomeAdmin, you play a key role in strengthening the security of your org. With many of us working from home these days, hackers are increasing their efforts with phishing attacks targeting user credentials. The cybersecurity threat landscape is always evolving to include […]

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MFA vs. SSO: What’s better for my org(s)? with Mat Hamlin

On this episode of the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we hear from Mat Hamlin, Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce. We’ll dive into multi-factor authentication (MFA), and why all Salesforce users will be using it by February 1st, 2022. Join us as we talk about multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, tracking and adoption, and a little […]

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Metrics and Insights to Help You Boost Login Security

As you’ve probably heard, Trust is our #1 value here at Salesforce. We take your data security seriously. That’s why we encourage admins to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your org logins. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an effective way to increase protection for user accounts against common threats like phishing attacks, credential stuffing, and account […]

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Everything Admins Need to Know About the MFA Requirement

Editor’s note: The contractual requirement to log in with multi-factor authentication (MFA) is in effect. This post was updated on June 27, 2024, with the latest information and resources.  It feels like we’ve talked about security a lot in the past year, doesn’t it? Whether you tuned into #LowCodeLove on Trailhead Live, read about washing […]

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Use This Free Labs App to Audit Your Reporting Permissions

The time is always right to be a security-minded Salesforce Admin! We are here to show you tools to help you review user access in your environment. It is important to review user access to permissions like Export Reports.  Today we will review how with just a few clicks, you can use a Salesforce Labs […]

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