Secure organization data using OWD

Organization-wide default is also known as OWD. This is the base-level sharing and setting of objects in any organization. By using this, you can secure your data so that other users can't access data to which they haven't been allowed access. The following diagram shows the basic record security in Salesforce. In this, OWD plays a key role:

Secure organization data using OWD

It's a base-level object setting in the organization, and you can't restrict the access below this. We will now discuss OWD in Salesforce.

A business scenario: Alok Sinfal is the system administrator at Universal Containers. As per the business requirement, he wants to set ...

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