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Learning Force.com Application Development

By : Chamil Madusanka
Book Image

Learning Force.com Application Development

By: Chamil Madusanka

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Learning Force.com Application Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The security framework of the Force.com platform


The security framework of Force.com is a multilevel security structure that allows you to offer different level access and permissions to users within your organization. The Force.com security framework is not only about the permissions, but also ensures that the organization is protected from external access. Therefore, the Force.com security framework includes a range of security defenses that guard your data resources. Let's discuss the following different security structure levels in the Force.com security framework:

  • Organization security

  • User security

  • Network-based security

  • Session security

  • Administrative security

  • Component-based security

  • Record-based security

All the security aspects are controlled according to data sharing among the users and access preventing the unauthorized users. It is called Reverse Security Pyramid in the Salesforce platform. It explains the security features that users cannot see in an application, instead of what users...