Data Governance

Being able to safeguard data on the Salesforce platform is a key part of the Salesforce Data Architect’s role. This chapter covers the concepts behind building compliant solutions and how the Salesforce platform offers features that can help in the technological underpinning of an enterprise data governance strategy.

In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:

• Considerations for implementing a compliant data model
• Enterprise data governance

While data governance may be perceived by some as a somewhat dry or boring topic, read on and you’ll find out why it is important when designing scalable, secure solutions on the Salesforce platform. Data governance accounts for 10% of the certification syllabus, so that’s some valuable points that can be attained when taking the exam.

This chapter is the culmination of several topics that are interwoven when it comes to data management, security, and governance. By the...