Elevate Data Security with Salesforce Data Mask
Salesforce Data Mask is a vital tool for admins and developers, streamlining the security of sandbox environments. It's designed to protect sensitive data in your sandboxes, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII), health and financial information.
Key Features - Salesforce Data Mask
Universal Application: Use Data Mask across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Work.com, Salesforce's Industry products, AppExchange applications, and platform customizations.
Advanced Masking Technology: Utilizes Salesforce's native obfuscation technology to secure data in full or partial sandboxes.
Irreversible Masking Process: Ensures that once data is masked, it cannot be reverted, maintaining the integrity of the data in other environments.
Customizable Masking Levels: Tailor the masking process to suit the sensitivity of your data with options like:
Replacing data with random characters
Using similarly mapped words
Pattern-based masking
Complete data deletion
Implementation and Usage
Install Managed Package: Install Data Mask as a managed package in your production org.
Configure Masking: Set up masking in production or directly in an existing sandbox.
Run Data Mask Jobs: Execute the masking process in sandbox orgs, ensuring production data remains unaffected.
Refresh from Production: If needed, refresh data from production to create a new sandbox org with the original data.
Salesforce Data Mask Risk Mitigation
Risk Mitigation: Reduces the risk of data breaches and non-compliance penalties.
Flexible Masking Options: Offers various levels of data masking to meet specific legal requirements.
In the modern business landscape, organizations often work with contractors and external developers, spurring innovation but also bringing risks from potential malicious insiders. Salesforce Data Mask plays a crucial role in reducing the following risks.
Access to Sensitive Data: Contractors and developers often need sensitive data in Salesforce environments for development and testing.
Potential for Malicious Intent: While rare, there is a risk that internal users, including contractors, may have malicious intentions, posing threats like data theft, leaks, or unauthorized data manipulation.
Salesforce Data Mask and Compliance Laws
Salesforce Data Mask is essential for adhering to various data protection and privacy laws:
GDPR: Helps anonymise personal data and minimise data exposure in sandboxes, aligning with GDPR's data protection and minimization principles.
CCPA: Aids in masking consumer data in development environments, reducing unauthorized access risks.
HIPAA: Contributes to securing Protected Health Information in Salesforce sandboxes, preventing exposure during development.
PCI DSS: Supports compliance by masking cardholder data and ensuring secure payment data environments.
FISMA: Assists in masking government data in sandboxes, maintaining federal data integrity.
Global Laws: Adapts to various international data protection standards, offering flexible data masking solutions.
Considerations: Using Salesforce Data Mask
Irreversibility: Once data is masked, it cannot be unmasked. It's crucial to ensure data is correctly selected for masking.
English Only: Currently, Data Mask is available only in English, which might be a limitation for non-English environments.
API Version Support: Supports API version 50.0, which may require updates in your existing setup.
Data Integrity: While masking data, ensure that the integrity and format of the data are maintained for testing and development purposes.
Refresh from Production: In case of incorrect masking, the only solution is to refresh the data from the production org.
