FAQ-001527 - Proactive Security Architecture Review / Pre-Approval and Validation

To demonstrate current security practices and get pre-approval guidance before submitting for a security review, follow these steps: 1. **Comprehensive Testing**: Conduct both automated and manual testing using tools like Salesforce Code Analyzer and Checkmarx scanner. Address flagged issues or document false positives with detailed explanations. 2. **Prepare Documentation**: Gather all required materials, including a Developer Edition org with the solution installed, solution documentation, and false positive reports. Clearly document your security practices, mitigations, and use cases. 3. **Engage with the Security Review Team**: Schedule an appointment with the Product Security team or Security Review Operations team through the Partner Security Portal to discuss concerns, clarify requirements, and get tailored guidance. 4. **Follow Best Practices**: Ensure your solution adheres to Salesforce security standards, such as CRUD/FLS enforcement, scoped permissions, and secure handling of sensitive data. Include admin-configurable options and explicit security checks. 5. **Submit a False Positive Document**: If there are flagged issues that are non-exploitable or required for valid functionality, prepare a detailed document explaining the context and mitigations. 6. **Utilize Resources**: Refer to the ISV Force Guide and other Salesforce security review resources to align your solution with required standards. These steps will help you demonstrate your security practices and gain pre-approval guidance for a smoother submission process.

The FAQ content is accurate and comprehensive, requiring only minor improvements. The main change addresses a spacing issue in 'ISVForce Guide' which should be 'ISV Force Guide' to match standard Salesforce documentation terminology. All security-related content remains accurate and no outdated practices were identified. Selected security rules relate directly to the security practices mentioned in the FAQ: - ApexCRUDViolation and ApexSharingViolations relate to the FAQ's mention of 'CRUD/FLS enforcement' and 'scoped permissions' - ApexSOQLInjection, ApexXSSFromEscapeFalse, and ApexXSSFromURLParam relate to 'secure handling of sensitive data' practices - ApexBadCrypto and ApexInsecureEndpoint relate to general security standards mentioned - ApexOpenRedirect relates to secure coding practices - AvoidHardcodedCredentialsInFieldDecls, AvoidHardcodedCredentialsInVarDecls, and AvoidHardcodedCredentialsInHttpHeader relate to secure credential handling practices - ProtectSensitiveData directly relates to the FAQ's emphasis on 'secure handling of sensitive data' These rules represent the types of security issues that would be flagged during the comprehensive testing mentioned in step 1, and the security standards referenced in step 4.