Salesforce Security Guide

Salesforce Security Guide
Salesforce Security Basics
Authenticate Users
Give Users Access to Data
Share Objects and Fields
Strengthen Your Data's Security with Shield Platform Encryption
Encrypt Fields, Files, and Other Data Elements With Encryption Policy
Encrypt Fields
Encrypt Fields on Custom Objects and Custom Fields
Encrypt Files
Get Statistics About Your Encryption Coverage
Synchronize Your Data Encryption
Fix Blockers
Retrieve Encrypted Data with Formulas
Apply Encryption to Fields Used in Matching Rules (Beta)
Encrypt Data in Chatter
Encrypt Search Index Files
Encrypt Einstein Analytics Data
Filter Encrypted Data with Deterministic Encryption
Manage Shield Platform Encryption
Monitoring Your Organization’s Security
Security Guidelines for Apex and Visualforce Development
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Encrypt New Data in Standard Fields

You can encrypt standard fields on standard objects from the Encryption policy page. For best results, encrypt the least amount of fields possible.
Available as an add-on subscription in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions. Requires purchasing Salesforce Shield. Available in Developer Edition at no charge for orgs created in Summer ’15 and later.
Available in both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience.

User Permissions Needed
To view setup: View Setup and Configuration
To encrypt fields: Customize Application

This page is about Shield Platform Encryption, not Classic Encryption. What's the difference?

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Depending on the size of your org, enabling a standard field for encryption can take a few minutes.

  1. Make sure that your org has an active encryption key. If you’re not sure, check with your administrator.
  2. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Platform Encryption, and then select Encryption Policy.
  3. Click Encrypt Fields.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. Select the fields you want to encrypt.
    All new data entered in this field is encrypted. By default, data is encrypted using a probabilistic encryption scheme. To apply deterministic encryption to your data, select Deterministic from the Encryption Scheme list. For more information, see “How Deterministic Encryption Supports Filtering” in Salesforce Help.
  6. Click Save.
The automatic Platform Encryption validation service checks for settings in your org that can block encryption. You receive an email with suggestions for fixing incompatible settings.
Field values are automatically encrypted only in records created or updated after you’ve enabled encryption. Contact Salesforce to update existing records so that their field values are encrypted.

To encrypt standard fields on custom objects, such as Custom Object Name, see Customize Standard Fields and select Encrypt the contents of this field.

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