Security News > 2021 > August > Salesforce Release Updates — A Cautionary Tale for Security Teams
Few people talk about managing the security aspects of Salesforce Release Updates.
By understanding what Release Updates are, why they pose a security risk, and how security teams can mitigate risk, Salesforce customers can better protect sensitive information.
Salesforce offers regular seasonal service updates and security updates as needed.
The Salesforce Security Updates are, as the name suggests, for security purposes.
Salesforce suggested security measures for guest users, objects, and APIs, while also pushing Security Updates in the following Winter '21 and Spring '21 releases.
The platform helps Salesforce admins, CISOs, and security teams track and monitor the settings and configuration updateswith security checks that ensure that the Salesforce tenant is configured and secured properly.