Security Implementation Guide
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Encrypt Fields
Select the fields you want to encrypt. When a field is encrypted, its value appears as asterisks to users who don't have permission to view it.
| Available in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions. Available in Developer Edition at no charge for organizations created in Summer ’15 and later. |
| Available in Salesforce Classic only. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To view setup: | “View Setup and Configuration” |
| To enable encrypted fields: | “Customize Application” |
Depending on the size of your organization, enabling a standard field for encryption can take a few minutes.
- Make sure that your organization has an active encryption key. If you’re not sure, check with your administrator.
- From Setup, enter Platform Encryption in the Quick Find box, then select Platform Encryption.
- Select Enable Encrypted Standard Fields.
- Select Edit.
- Select the fields to encrypt, and save your settings.
The automatic Platform Encryption validation service kicks off. If any of your organization's settings are blocking
encryption, you will receive an email with instructions for fixing them.
Field values are automatically encrypted only in records created or updated after you’ve enabled encryption. Salesforce recommends updating existing records to ensure that their field
values are encrypted. For example, if you encrypt the Description field on the Case object, use the Data
Loader to update all case records. Contact Salesforce if you need help with
this.