Salesforce is the source of truth for many organizations and it contains highly sensitive data elements. But you already knew that! Now, we need to secure those elements.
Salesforce is the source of truth for many organizations and it contains highly sensitive data elements. But you already knew that! Now, we need to secure those elements.
When headlines broke about the recent breaches involving Salesforce integrations, many leaders felt a familiar pang of worry: If one of the most trusted platforms in the world can be compromised, what chance do we have?
The truth is more nuanced. Salesforce itself wasn’t the weak link. The breach happened through third-party integrations, such as Salesloft Drift, that organizations rely on every day to drive sales, marketing and customer success.
This incident isn’t just about what went wrong. It’s a reminder of what’s at stake, and why protecting data inside Salesforce and its connected ecosystem requires a fresh approach.
Salesforce: The beating heart of the business
Salesforce isn’t just another SaaS app. It’s where relationships live. Inside Salesforce you’ll find:
- Customer and prospect contact information
- Contracts, proposals and revenue forecasts
- Support case histories and sensitive conversations
- Intellectual property and development life cycles
It’s the backbone of growth. And it doesn’t exist in isolation.
Salesforce offers thousands of third-party integrations through its AppExchange. Marketing platforms, sales enablement tools, data enrichment services, collaboration apps – the list goes on. These integrations make Salesforce more powerful, but they also dramatically expand the attack surface.
Even if Salesloft, the integration that caused the incident in this case, isn’t part of your stack, the broader issue remains: any integration can become the weak link because it has access to sensitive data from Salesforce.
What we learned from the incident
The Salesloft Drift incident exploited OAuth tokens to access Salesforce environments across hundreds of organizations, including well-known names in tech and security. According to BleepingComputer, companies like Cloudflare proactively rotated over 100 API tokens after discovering exposure.
This wasn’t about Salesforce vulnerabilities. It was about attackers abusing the trust placed in a connected application. And while the stolen data was largely business contact details, that information is still sensitive and valuable in the wrong hands.
The challenge of securing your data source of record
Security teams know this story well:
- Salesforce environments grow complex fast, with countless users, apps and permissions
- Legacy DLP tools drown teams in false positives without context
- Most competitors stop at scanning – they can tell you sensitive data is there, but not prevent it from leaving
The result? Blind spots that attackers can exploit. Leaders are left asking: How can we empower teams to use Salesforce and its integrations without exposing our most sensitive data?
Knowing isn’t enough. Protection is what matters
This is the critical difference. It’s not enough to simply know that sensitive data exists in Salesforce. It should be reasonably assumed that there is a lot of sensitive data elements inside your SFDC instance. Data discovery and classification is just step one. Data must also be protected with policies that work at rest and in motion:
- At rest: Control exposure inside Salesforce and across integrated apps, ensuring sensitive files and records aren’t over-shared or left accessible.
- In motion: Enforce policies when data is being shared, exported or synced to connected tools, blocking or remediating risky behaviors before leaks occur.
Don't just scan SFDC. Secure it with MIND
That’s where MIND stands apart. With MIND’s Salesforce integration, you can:
- Discover and classify sensitive data automatically (customer PII, contracts, credentials, proprietary files)
- Understand context (who has access, what’s being done, how data flows across integrations)
- Protect with policies at rest and in motion (block risky actions, enforce compliance, remediate in real time)
Instead of stopping at visibility, MIND delivers true protection. We don’t just scan, we safeguard Salesforce and its ecosystem.
Stress-Free DLP for SFDC
The Salesforce breach was a wake-up call. But it doesn’t need to be a cause for panic. It’s a chance to rethink how we approach security in the systems most critical to business.
That’s why we’re offering organizations a free Salesforce Risk Assessment:
✅ Connect MIND directly to your Salesforce environment
✅ Automatically discover and classify your sensitive data inside Salesforce
✅ Protect that data with policies at rest and in motion, where it lives and as it moves
It’s stress-free DLP for Salesforce, built to protect what matters without adding complexity.
👉 See how it works in your own environment. Get Stress-Free DLP for Salesforce, at no cost to you.
