You're reading from Becoming a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect Prepare for the review board by practicing example-led architectural strategies and best practices

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568754

Length 628 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Salesforce

Concepts

Software Architecture

Author (1):

Tameem Bahri

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Your Journey to Becoming a CTA

2. Chapter 1: Starting Your Journey as a CTA FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Core Architectural Concepts – Data

4. Chapter 3: Core Architectural Concepts – Integration and Cryptography

5. Chapter 4: Core Architectural Concepts – Identity and Access Management

6. Section 2: Knowledge Domains Deep Dive

7. Chapter 5: Developing a Scalable System Architecture

8. Chapter 6: Formulating a Secure Architecture in Salesforce

9. Chapter 7: Designing a Scalable Salesforce Data Architecture

10. Chapter 8: Creating a Lean Solution Architecture

11. Chapter 9: Forging an Integrated Solution

12. Chapter 10: Development Life Cycle and Deployment Planning

13. Chapter 11: Communicating and Socializing Your Solution

14. Section 3: Putting It All Together

15. Chapter 12: Practice the Review Board – First Mock

16. Chapter 13: Present and Defend – First Mock

17. Chapter 14: Practice the Review Board – Second Mock

18. Chapter 15: Present and Defend – Second Mock

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Tips and Tricks, and the Way Forward

Understanding data security

Data security is one of the greatest concerns for enterprises today, especially with the ever-increasing amount and value of collected data. It is all about protecting digital data from the actions of unauthorized users (such as data leaks or breaches) or from destructive forces. As part of that, there are a few concepts that you need to become familiar with, including encryption, backup and restore, data masking, and data erasure. Let's get to know each of them.

Data encryption

Data encryption can be applied at multiple levels and stages of the data life cycle. This includes when the data is stored at its final data store (encryption at rest) and while data is in motion, moving from one system to the other (encryption in transit).

Encryption in transit is typically achieved by encrypting the message before it is transmitted and decrypted at the destination. This process intends to protect data while being transferred against attackers who...