Overcoming the risks of privileged user abuse in Salesforce
Mike Mason · Network Security · 2018
Privileged Salesforce users are necessary to every organisation. These are members of your organisation who have more advanced permission sets than the average user and can include Salesforce admins, sales reps, developers, HR staff, management and senior or executive leadership. Privileged Salesforce users are necessary to every organisation. But they hold the keys to your kingdom, with access to a broad array of company data, security controls, workflows and resources. These advanced users can make nearly unlimited changes to your Salesforce instance, placing your organisation at tremendous risk. And they can even cover their own tracks in the process. Privileged user abuse may be malicious or it may be unintentional. Either way, it represents a huge vulnerability to your company with the two main areas of concern being data security and compliance, explains Mike Mason of FairWarning.