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by Marlon Emmerich PhD Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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AES stands for 'Advanced Encryption Standard' and the last 3-digits specify the key size (in bits). In salesforce, encryption is done using AES encryption in CBC (Cipher Blocker Chaining) mode and PKCS5 padding. As of now, Salesforce does AES encryption in CBC mode only and ECB mode is not supported.Nov 12, 2020

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What are the benefits of Salesforce platform encryption?

Encrypt sensitive data. Natively encrypt your most sensitive data at rest across all of your Salesforce apps with Platform Encryption. Monitor, prevent, and mitigate threats to sensitive data. Monitor, Prevent, and Mitigate Threats to Sensitive Data. See who is accessing critical business data, when, and from where with Event Monitoring.

What are AES algorithms?

These algorithms are all industry standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithms with different size keys. They use cipher block chaining (CBC) and PKCS7 padding.

What is Salesforce shield?

Take trust and compliance to a new level with Salesforce Shield. Protect your enterprise with point-and-click tools that enhance trust, transparency, compliance, and governance across all of your business-critical apps. Salesforce Shield helps you: Monitor app and data use

Does apex support AES/ECB encryption?

3+4: The Crypto class only supports AES with CBC mode. Rolling your own encryption in Apex is pretty much a dead end. A workaround for AES/ECB is to encrypt on the client side in Javascript, you can connect that to your Apex class.

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What encryption does Salesforce use?

The Shield Platform Encryption process uses symmetric key encryption, a 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm using CBC mode, and a randomized 128-bit initializati​on vector to encrypt data stored on the Salesforce Platform. Both data encryption and decryption occur on the application servers.

What is initialization vector in Salesforce?

Usage. The initialization vector is stored as the first 128 bits (16 bytes) of the encrypted Blob. Use either third-party applications or the decryptWithManagedIV method to decrypt blobs encrypted with this method. Use the encrypt method if you want to generate your own initialization vector.

How does Salesforce encrypt data at rest?

Salesforce encryption uses an HSM-based key derivation system. Your organization will have its own data encryption key, which will never be shared or saved across other organizations. Your unique key material will encrypt and decrypt documents as needed.

Is data on Salesforce encrypted?

Salesforce.com utilizes some of the most advanced technology for Internet security available today. When you access our site using a supported web browser, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects your information using both server authentication and data encryption.

What is blob in Salesforce?

Blob. The Blob is a collection of Binary data which is stored as object. This will be used when we want to store the attachment in salesforce into a variable. This data type converts the attachments into a single object.

How do I decrypt an encrypted field in Salesforce?

How do I Decrypt an Encrypted Field in Salesforce?Select the Encryption Policy in Setup.Click Encrypt Fields.Deselect the fields that you no longer want to encrypt. Please note that File encryption is either on or off, so you can't turn it off for just specific fields!

How does Salesforce secure data in transit?

Encryption Standard for Data in Transit Our service uses International/Global Step Up SSL certificates that automatically use 128-bit encryption, regardless of whether the browser is domestic or export grade and support up to 256-bit SSL.

What is classic encryption in Salesforce?

Salesforce Classic Encryption protects data from your existing Salesforce users by providing masking capabilities, which allow you to hide the original data with random characters. This out-of-the-box functionality can be used to encrypt custom fields with 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

How do I enable encryption at rest in Salesforce?

How to enable Platform Encryption in Salesforce?Go to “Platform Encryption”.Click “Generate Tenant Secret”.Use Encrypt Files and Attachments to encrypt attachments and Encrypt Fields to encrypt the fields.Output:Cheers!!!

Does Salesforce encrypt data by default?

By default, we combine these secrets to create your unique data encryption key. You can also supply your own final data encryption key. We use your data encryption key to encrypt data that your users put into Salesforce, and to decrypt data when your authorized users need it.

What is encrypted field in Salesforce?

Encrypted Custom Fields are a new field type (released after winter 08) that allows users to store sensitive data in encrypted form and apply a mask when the data is displayed (e.g., Credit Card Number: XXX-XXX-XX-1234).

How does security work in Salesforce?

The Salesforce security features enable you to empower your users to do their jobs safely and efficiently.Salesforce Security Basics. ... Authenticate Users. ... Give Users Access to Data. ... Share Objects and Fields. ... Strengthen Your Data's Security with Shield Platform Encryption. ... Monitoring Your Organization's Security.More items...

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decrypt (algorithmName, privateKey, initializationVector, cipherText)

Decrypts the Blob cipherText using the specified algorithm, private key, and initialization vector. Use this method to decrypt blobs encrypted using a third party application or the encrypt method.

decryptWithManagedIV (algorithmName, privateKey, IVAndCipherText)

Decrypts the Blob IVAndCipherText using the specified algorithm and private key. Use this method to decrypt blobs encrypted using a third party application or the encryptWithManagedIV method.

encrypt (algorithmName, privateKey, initializationVector, clearText)

Encrypts the Blob clearText using the specified algorithm, private key and initialization vector. Use this method when you want to specify your own initialization vector.

encryptWithManagedIV (algorithmName, privateKey, clearText)

Encrypts the Blob clearText using the specified algorithm and private key. Use this method when you want Salesforce to generate the initialization vector for you.

generateDigest (algorithmName, input)

Computes a secure, one-way hash digest based on the supplied input string and algorithm name.

generateMac (algorithmName, input, privateKey)

Computes a message authentication code (MAC) for the input string, using the private key and the specified algorithm.

sign (algorithmName, input, privateKey)

Computes a unique digital signature for the input string, using the specified algorithm and the supplied private key.

1. Salesforce Platform

Salesforce has its own data centres across the world that service some customers running on the core platform (Sales, Service, Experience Cloud, etc). Salesforce uses AWS in regions where they don’t have their own data centres (eg. in Canada, India, Australia).

2. Salesforce Einstein

Most of the Einstein product ‘family’ uses AWS to host your data, including Einstein Predictions, Engagement Scoring, Einstein Bots, Object Detection, Language, Einstein Vision, Pardot Einstein, Account Insights, Opportunity Scoring, Lead Scoring, Article Recommendations…and the list goes on.

3. Einstein Activity Capture

Salesforce claims EAC is the future of email integration “our long-term solution for syncing contacts and events”.

4. Heroku

Heroku, Salesforce’s PaaS (Platform as a Service), runs on top of AWS which simplifies infrastructure management for you.

5. Service Cloud Voice

Service Cloud Voice uses Amazon Connect as its telephony infrastructure, including advanced routing capabilities, language processing, voice or call recording transcription and storage in the AWS S3 bucket.

6. Salesforce Private Connect

Salesforce Private Connect is a paid add-on that allows you to connect to your own AWS instance in a secure, point-to-point way. This doesn’t go over the internet, but instead, directly between Salesforce and AWS servers.

7. Government Cloud Plus

Government Cloud complies with the strict FedRAMP regulations. The ‘standard’ version of Government Cloud runs on Salesforce infrastructure and maintains FedRAMP ‘Moderate Authority to Operate’ (along with other requirements).

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