Force Platform Fundamentals: An Introduction to Custom Application Development in the Cloud

Chapter 7. Securing and Sharing Data

In this chapter ... Controlling Access to Data in Our App Data Access Concepts Controlling Access to Objects Controlling Access to Fields Controlling Access to Records Displaying Field Values and Page Layouts According to Profiles Putting It All Together

Now that we’ve got all of our object relationships in place, it’s time to start thinking about who’s actually going to be using the app and how much access they should have to all of the data that it’s going to contain.

As with many apps, our Recruiting app exposes sensitive pieces of data such as social security numbers, salary amounts, and applicant reviews that could really come back to haunt us if they fell into the hands of the wrong people. We need to provide ...