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How to Paint the Complete Picture of Salesforce Objects and Fields

Kilian Englert and Ryan O'Boyle from the Varonis Cloud Architecture team explain why — when it comes to understanding what Salesforce objects and fields a user can access — all levels of entitlements need to be taken into consideration to gain a holistic view of what the user can do (or cannot) do in Salesforce.
Kilian Englert
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Last updated June 22, 2022

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    Is an aggregate view of permissions really necessary in Salesforce?

    Kilian Englert and Ryan O'Boyle from the Varonis Cloud Architecture team explain why — when it comes to understanding what Salesforce objects and fields a user can access — all levels of entitlements need to be taken into consideration to gain a holistic view of what the user can do (or cannot) do in Salesforce.

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    Kilian Englert
    Kilian Englert Kilian has a background in enterprise security engineering, as well as security solution selling. Kilian is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and creates internal and public content on topics related to cybersecurity and technology best practices.

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