FAQ-000535 - Custom Settings and Configuration Security / Security Review and Compliance

To properly document custom metadata-based security controls for an AppExchange Security Review: 1. **Provide Detailed Documentation**: Include comprehensive solution user documentation explaining the security measures implemented. 2. **Include Security Scan Reports**: Attach security scan reports and address any flagged issues, providing clear justifications for false positives. 3. **Describe Security Management**: Explain how the custom metadata is securely managed, including encryption methods, access controls, and any credential management practices. 4. **Share Security Policies**: Include your company's information security policies to demonstrate adherence to best practices. 5. **Be Thorough**: Provide all relevant details to avoid delays in the review process. This ensures your documentation meets the requirements for the security review.

The original FAQ content is well-structured and accurate, requiring minimal changes. I made one small improvement to enhance clarity in point 3 by changing 'such as encryption methods or access controls' to 'including encryption methods, access controls, and any credential management practices.' This provides a clearer list format and adds credential management, which is relevant for custom metadata security controls. For security rules selection: - ApexBadCrypto: Selected because the FAQ mentions 'encryption methods' in point 3, and this rule detects weak cryptographic implementations that would be relevant when documenting encryption in custom metadata security controls. - ApexCRUDViolation: Selected because custom metadata security controls often involve data access patterns, and this rule identifies missing CRUD/FLS checks that would be important to document and address. - ApexSharingViolations: Selected because custom metadata security controls frequently implement sharing logic, and this rule identifies sharing bypass issues that would need documentation in security reviews. - AvoidHardcodedCredentialsInFieldDecls: Selected because point 3 discusses credential management practices, and this rule detects hardcoded credentials in field declarations which is a security concern for custom metadata implementations. - AvoidHardcodedCredentialsInVarDecls: Selected because point 3 discusses credential management practices, and this rule detects hardcoded credentials in variable declarations which is relevant for custom metadata security implementations. - ProtectSensitiveData: Selected because custom metadata security controls inherently deal with protecting sensitive data, and this rule identifies potential sensitive data exposure issues that would be critical to document in security reviews.