Three Core Building Blocks of Security and Access in Salesforce

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The three core building blocks of Security and Access in Salesforce are Organization-wide Defaults, Profiles, and Sharing.

1. Organization-wide Defaults: This refers to the default level of access that all users in an organization have to records in Salesforce. The organization-wide defaults control the baseline level of access that users have to records, and they are defined at the object level. There are three settings for organization-wide defaults: Private, Public Read Only, and Public Read/Write.

2. Profiles: Profiles are used to control the level of access that users have to objects, fields, and records in Salesforce. Profiles are used to grant or restrict access to specific objects, fields, and records, and they are assigned to individual users or groups of users. Profiles can also be used to specify which actions users can perform on records, such as create, read, edit, or delete.

3. Sharing: Sharing refers to the process of extending access to records beyond the organization-wide defaults and profile settings. Sharing can be used to grant access to records to specific users or groups of users, based on certain criteria. Sharing can be accomplished through a variety of mechanisms, including manual sharing, sharing rules, and teams.

While Role Hierarchy and Chatter Groups can also be important components of a Salesforce security model, they are not considered core building blocks of Security and Access. The Role Hierarchy is a way to grant users higher levels of access to records based on their position in the organizational hierarchy, and Chatter Groups are used to facilitate communication and collaboration within the organization.