FAQ-001529 - Proactive Security Architecture Review / Pre-Approval and Validation

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What technical approaches and security measures should I validate before full security review submission?
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To validate your solution before submitting it for a full security review, here are the technical approaches and security measures you should follow: 1. **Secure Development Practices**: Adhere to industry best security standards throughout the development lifecycle. 2. **Automated and Manual Testing**: - Use tools like Salesforce Code Analyzer and Source Code Scanner (Checkmarx) to identify vulnerabilities. - Perform manual testing to catch issues automated tools might miss. 3. **Testing Scope**: Test all solution components, including external endpoints, ensuring secure data transfer and authentication. 4. **False Positives Documentation**: Document flagged issues that are false positives, explaining why they aren't security risks. 5. **Solution Readiness**: Ensure your solution is Lightning Ready and enrolled in the AppExchange Partner Program. 6. **Test Environments**: Provide access to all required test environments, including Developer Edition orgs, external web apps, and client/mobile apps. 7. **Security Scan Reports**: Include updated security scan reports, addressing all flagged issues, and explain any false positives. 8. **Solution Documentation**: Prepare detailed user documentation and, if available, your company's information security policies. 9. **Pre-Submission Testing**: Conduct thorough testing to resolve all security issues before submission to avoid delays. 10. **Permissions for External Testing**: Obtain permissions for security testing on external endpoints not owned by your organization. By addressing these measures, you can improve your chances of passing the security review on the first try.

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What technical approaches and security measures should I validate before full security review submission?
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To validate your solution before submitting it for a full security review, here are the technical approaches and security measures you should follow: 1. **Secure Development Practices**: Follow industry-standard security practices throughout the development lifecycle. 2. **Automated and Manual Testing**: - Use tools like Salesforce Code Analyzer and Source Code Scanner (Checkmarx) to identify vulnerabilities. - Run manual testing to catch issues automated tools might miss. 3. **Testing Scope**: Test all solution components, including external endpoints, ensuring secure data transfer and authentication. 4. **False Positives Documentation**: Document flagged issues that are false positives, explaining why they aren't security risks. 5. **Solution Readiness**: Ensure your solution is Lightning Ready and enrolled in the AppExchange Partner Program. 6. **Test Environments**: Provide access to all required test environments, including Developer Edition orgs, external web apps, and client/mobile apps. 7. **Security Scan Reports**: Include updated security scan reports, addressing all flagged issues, and explain any false positives. 8. **Solution Documentation**: Prepare detailed user documentation and, if available, your company's information security policies. 9. **Pre-Submission Testing**: Run thorough testing to resolve all security issues before submission to avoid delays. 10. **Permissions for External Testing**: Get permissions for security testing on external endpoints not owned by your organization. By addressing these measures, you'll improve your chances of passing the security review on the first try.
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The main improvements focus on making the language more conversational and direct per the brand guidelines while preserving all existing content and structure. Changes include: using contractions ('you'll' instead of 'you can'), replacing formal phrases like 'Adhere to' with 'Follow', 'Perform' with 'Run', 'Conduct' with 'Run', and 'Obtain' with 'Get'. These changes make the FAQ more approachable while maintaining its comprehensive coverage of pre-submission validation steps. Regarding security rules, I selected 18 rules that directly relate to the validation activities this FAQ discusses. The FAQ emphasizes using automated security scanning tools like Salesforce Code Analyzer to identify vulnerabilities before submission. The selected rules represent the core security issues these tools would detect: ApexBadCrypto for cryptographic weaknesses, ApexCRUDViolation and ApexSharingViolations for data access controls, ApexSOQLInjection and ApexXSSFromURLParam for injection attacks, AvoidHardcodedCredentials rules for credential security, ApexCSRF and VfCsrf for cross-site request forgery, ApexInsecureEndpoint and AvoidInsecureHttpRemoteSiteSetting for endpoint security, and others covering dangerous methods, open redirects, and XSS vulnerabilities. These rules align with the FAQ's guidance on running comprehensive security scans and addressing flagged issues before submission.
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