{"id":23227,"date":"2026-10-20T14:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/?p=23227"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:13:51","slug":"salesforce-shield-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-shield-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce Shield: Why It Costs 30% of Your Salesforce Spend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Key Takeaways<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce Shield can cost 20% to 30% of net Salesforce licence spend.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its four components cover encryption, sensitive data discovery, event monitoring, and extended field history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encryption can restrict formulas and sorting, so scope sensitive fields carefully.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free tools and standard features may cover some audit and monitoring requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assess compliance obligations before paying for the full Shield bundle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><b>Quick Answer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Salesforce Shield is a paid security and compliance add-on commonly priced at 20% to 30% of net Salesforce licence spend for the full bundle. Its four components provide platform encryption, sensitive data discovery, event monitoring and extended field history. However, not every organisation needs all four. Assess your regulatory obligations, existing security controls and audit requirements before deciding whether to purchase the full bundle or negotiate a narrower scope.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shield is priced as a percentage of your total Salesforce spend, commonly 20% to 30% for the full bundle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That structure matters more than the number; there\u2019s no meter and no per-user charge; the price simply tracks the size of your org. On a $4 million net contract, a 25% Shield bundle costs around $1 million a year, and it grows automatically every time your Salesforce contract does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That makes Shield one of the largest add-on decisions a regulated Salesforce estate will make, and it\u2019s why the percentage rate and the scope are the two numbers worth negotiating hardest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One correction before we start: Shield now has four components, not three. Data Detect was added, and most guides still describe the original bundle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Four Components of Salesforce Shield Pricing<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23230\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components.webp\" alt=\"Four Shield components with standalone pricing: Platform Encryption at 20 percent, Data Detect at 15, Event Monitoring at 10, and Field Audit Trail at 10\" width=\"1671\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components.webp 1671w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components-1536x865.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Salesforce-Shield_-Four-Security-Components-400x225.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1671px) 100vw, 1671px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platform Encryption encrypts data at rest with AES-256, covering standard and custom fields, files, and attachments with bring-your-own-key support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Detect scans your org for sensitive data you didn\u2019t know was there: credit card numbers, national insurance or social security numbers, email addresses sitting in free-text fields. It\u2019s the newest component and frequently the one nobody asked for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Monitoring logs 80+ event types, logins, API calls, report exports, page views. It\u2019s what lets you answer \u201cwho downloaded that report and when\u201d, which is a question that only ever gets asked at a bad moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field Audit Trail retains field history for up to 10 years across up to 200 fields per object since Spring \u201926, against the standard 18 months and 20 fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>On Buying Components Separately:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The standard offering is the bundle. Sources differ on how readily Salesforce will unbundle, but it\u2019s negotiable rather than routine, and a component-level case is your strongest argument for it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What Encryption Actually Breaks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23229\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks.webp\" alt=\"Table showing what encrypting a field breaks, including formulas, sorting, and report filters, with search and integrations noted as fine\" width=\"1585\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks.webp 1585w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks-1024x641.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks-768x481.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks-1536x961.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks-640x401.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/What-Encrypting-a-Field-Breaks-400x250.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1585px) 100vw, 1585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the honest objection to Shield, and it\u2019s why \u201cencrypt everything\u201d is bad advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Two That Hurt Most:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encrypted fields can\u2019t be referenced in most formula fields, and they can\u2019t be sorted. There\u2019s no workaround for either; you design around them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Filtering Is More Nuanced:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Deterministic encryption restores exact-match filtering, which covers a lot of real use cases. Range queries and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIKE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> searches remain limited.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Search Still Works<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Which is Shield\u2019s main advantage over Classic Encryption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>And Spring \u201926 Changed the Picture:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Salesforce added Database Encryption, whole-database encryption without the query trade-offs of field-level encryption. It\u2019s a different tool for a different purpose rather than a replacement, but it materially weakens the \u201cencryption breaks everything\u201d objection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Practical Rule:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encrypt what genuinely requires it. Ten sensitive fields encrypted properly beats two hundred encrypted indiscriminately, and it costs you far less functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Salesforce Shield vs Classic Encryption<\/b><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic Encryption<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shield Platform Encryption<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Cost<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Included<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paid add-on<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Field types<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom text fields only<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard and custom fields, files, attachments<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Searchable<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Key management<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce-managed<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring your own key supported<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Encryption<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">128-bit<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AES-256<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Field history<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extends with Field Audit Trail<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic Encryption is genuinely limited, custom text fields are not searchable, and it breaks more than Shield does. It exists, it\u2019s free, and for most regulated use cases it isn\u2019t sufficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related: <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce compliance and security<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Ten-Field Test<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23228\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test.webp\" alt=\"Four-step test for whether you need Shield, with outcomes for failing three or more versus passing all ten\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test.webp 1672w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Ten-Field-Shield-Need-Test-400x225.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This takes about an hour and answers a six-figure question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work through your ten most sensitive fields. For each one, check what Field History currently retains, what Setup Audit Trail already shows you for free, and what your toughest auditor would actually demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/salesforce-consulting-services\">Salesforce consulting services<\/a> can help assess these existing controls against your compliance requirements, identify gaps in audit coverage, and determine whether you need the full Shield bundle or only specific components.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fail on three or more, and you have a genuine Shield case. Scope it component by component rather than accepting the bundle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pass on all ten, and you have a Shield budget to spend on something more useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two things people miss during this exercise:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setup Audit Trail is free and covers more than most admins realise: configuration changes, permission changes, who modified what in Setup. It doesn\u2019t cover record data access, which is Event Monitoring\u2019s job, but it closes part of the gap at no cost.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard Field History tracking gives you 18 months across 20 fields per object. If your retention requirement is two years in five fields, you\u2019re closer than you think.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>The Salesforce Shield\u00a0 Cost Structure and How to Negotiate It<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The percentage applies to net license spend on your CRM clouds: Sales, Service, Experience. It doesn\u2019t always apply cleanly to industry clouds, and Data 360 Shield is a separate SKU with its own pricing. For a broader breakdown of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce plan costs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and pricing structures, see our Salesforce pricing guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five things worth knowing before the conversation:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rate is negotiable, particularly as part of a larger commitment. Published ranges run from about 20% to 35%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scope is negotiable too. You can argue to exclude low-risk user populations from the pricing base; that\u2019s often a bigger lever than the percentage itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do compliance-led scoping first. Establish which components have a documented regulatory mandate before any negotiation. A component-level case is the strongest counter to a full-bundle proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pilot Event Monitoring on a limited org before committing enterprise-wide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tie the Shield renewal to your base Salesforce renewal date so both are negotiated together rather than on separate cycles.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>And know the Trap In The Pricing Model<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Because Shield tracks contract size rather than usage, every seat you add increases your Shield bill automatically. Growing the org grows the add-on with no additional decision.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Shield costs increase alongside your Salesforce contract, reviewing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-license-costs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce licence costs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help identify unused seats, unnecessary add-ons, and other expenses worth addressing before renewal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Who Genuinely Needs Salesforce Shield<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Strong case:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Regulated industries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, healthcare with PHI, financial services under FINRA or SEC recordkeeping, anything with a statutory retention requirement beyond 18 months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Contractual obligations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an enterprise customer whose contract requires encryption at rest with customer-managed keys<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>A real audit requirement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for who accessed which records, which nothing else provides<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Organisations where a breach cost or regulatory fine would exceed the annual Shield fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is the honest calculation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Weak case:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cWe want to be more secure.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That\u2019s not a scope. Shield is a compliance tool, not a security posture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>You haven\u2019t configured what you already have.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sharing rules, field-level security, MFA, and permission set hygiene are free and matter more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>One component would do.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Paying 30% for four when you need Field Audit Trail at 10% is the most common expensive mistake here.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The honest framing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Shield is genuinely excellent at what it does, and it is also frequently sold to organisations that need one of its four capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before purchasing additional security capabilities, review your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-editions-compared\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce editions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their included features to understand what your current plan already provides.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Two Things That Catch People Out<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandboxes aren\u2019t Shielded by default. If you need Platform Encryption or Event Monitoring in a Full sandbox, that\u2019s an additional sandbox license or a data-masking workaround. Budget for it or plan to use Data Mask instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-Time Event Monitoring transaction policies count against Apex governor limits when they execute as Apex. In a high-volume org, that\u2019s a genuine design consideration rather than a footnote.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Cheaper Paths to the Same Goal<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before committing to 30%, check whether these cover your actual requirement:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirement<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free or cheaper option<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limitation<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Audit configuration changes<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up Audit Trail<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doesn\u2019t cover record data access<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Track field changes<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard Field History<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 months, 20 fields per object<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Encrypt a few text fields<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic Encryption<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Custom text only, not searchable<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Monitor logins<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Login History<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Far less detail than Event Monitoring<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Detect sensitive data<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third-party scanning tools<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less integrated than Data Detect<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Long-term record retention<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archive to external storage<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You own the retrieval process<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>None Of These Matches Shield.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The question is whether they match your requirements, which is a different and much cheaper question to answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the cost of Salesforce licensing and security add-ons no longer fits your requirements, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-alternatives-compared\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comparing Salesforce alternatives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their switching costs can help you assess whether another platform is a practical option.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Implementation Sequence<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re proceeding, the order matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Scope the fields.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Identify what genuinely needs encryption. Resist the temptation to encrypt broadly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Test in a sandbox first<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Shield is free in Developer Edition for testing. Check what breaks in your formulas, reports, and integrations before touching production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Decide deterministic vs probabilistic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per field. Deterministic preserves exact-match filtering; probabilistic is stronger but more restrictive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Plan key management.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bring-your-own-key is a genuine operational commitment; losing a key means losing the data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Enable Field Audit Trail before you need it.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It doesn\u2019t retroactively create history. Turning it on the day you receive an audit request gives you nothing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> Configure Event Monitoring dashboards.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The raw logs are close to unusable without them, and this is where implementations stall.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-sandbox-explained\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce sandboxes explained<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00b7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-devops-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce DevOps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Where to Go Next<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the wider compliance picture, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce security and compliance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For protecting lower environments, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-sandbox-explained\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce sandboxes explained<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the cost context, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce pricing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-license-costs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to reduce license costs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For regulated industries, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-development-for-healthcare\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce for healthcare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00b7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-for-financial-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce for financial services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the technical constraints, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-governor-limits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">governor limits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/apex-programming-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Apex programming guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For change management evidence, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-devops-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce DevOps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Most Orgs Need One Component, Not Four<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shield is a well-built product solving real problems. It\u2019s also priced as a bundle and sold as insurance, which means a lot of organisations pay 30% for capability they use a quarter of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hour it takes to run the ten-field test is the highest-return hour in this entire decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #EEF2FE; border: 1px solid #DBE2FB; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 38px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #1b3fae; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Want the scoping done before you\u2019re quoted?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #4b5563; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll work out which Shield components your compliance obligations actually require and tell you if the answer is none.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #2563EB; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; padding: 13px 26px; border-radius: 8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/contact\">Talk to our Salesforce consulting team \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>.elementor-23232 .elementor-element.elementor-element-2932a52{text-align:left;}.elementor-23232 .elementor-element.elementor-element-2932a52 > .elementor-widget-container{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-23232 .elementor-element.elementor-element-0b767d1 .elementor-tab-title{border-width:1px;border-color:#00000014;}.elementor-23232 .elementor-element.elementor-element-0b767d1 .elementor-tab-content{border-width:1px;border-bottom-color:#00000014;}.elementor-23232 .elementor-element.elementor-element-0b767d1 > .elementor-widget-container{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}<\/style><div class=\"porto-block elementor elementor-23232\">\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27707ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27707ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0163611\" data-id=\"0163611\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a2969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03a2969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2932a52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2932a52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-toggle{text-align:left}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title{font-weight:700;line-height:1;margin:0;padding:15px;border-bottom:1px solid #d5d8dc;cursor:pointer;outline:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon{display:inline-block;width:1em}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon svg{-webkit-margin-start:-5px;margin-inline-start:-5px;width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon.elementor-toggle-icon-right{float:right;text-align:right}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon.elementor-toggle-icon-left{float:left;text-align:left}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon .elementor-toggle-icon-closed{display:block}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon .elementor-toggle-icon-opened{display:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active{border-bottom:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-toggle-icon-closed{display:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-toggle-icon-opened{display:block}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-content{padding:15px;border-bottom:1px solid #d5d8dc;display:none}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title{padding:12px}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-content{padding:12px 10px}}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-toggle,.e-con>.elementor-widget-toggle{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1201\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1201\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How much does Salesforce Shield cost?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1201\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1201\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s priced as a percentage of your net Salesforce license spend, commonly 20% to 30% for the full bundle and negotiable. Standalone, Platform Encryption is around 20%, Data Detect 15%, Event Monitoring 10%, and Field Audit Trail 10%. On a $4 million contract, a 25% bundle is roughly $1 million a year.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1202\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What is included in Salesforce Shield?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1202\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1202\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four components, including Platform Encryption (AES-256 encryption at rest with customer-managed keys), Data Detect (scans for hidden sensitive data), Event Monitoring (80+ event types logged), and Field Audit Trail (field history retained up to 10 years across up to 200 fields per object).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1203\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1203\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Is Salesforce Shield worth it?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1203\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1203\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It depends entirely on whether you have a documented compliance requirement. It\u2019s genuinely worth it where a regulatory fine, breach cost, or contractual clause exceeds the annual fee. It\u2019s poor value where \u201cwe want to be more secure\u201d is the justification or where one component would meet the need.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1204\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1204\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What does Shield Platform Encryption break?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1204\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1204\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encrypted fields can\u2019t be used in most formula fields and can\u2019t be sorted. Report filtering and grouping are limited. Deterministic encryption restores exact-match filtering, and search continues to work. Spring \u201926 added Database Encryption, which avoids the query trade-offs but serves a different purpose.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1205\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1205\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What\u2019s the difference between Shield and Classic Encryption?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1205\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1205\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic Encryption is included but limited to custom text fields, isn\u2019t searchable, and uses weaker encryption. Shield Platform Encryption covers standard and custom fields, files and attachments, remains searchable, uses AES-256, and supports bring-your-own-key.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1206\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1206\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Can I buy Shield components separately?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1206\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1206\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, the standard offering is the bundle, and sources differ on how readily Salesforce unbundles. A compliance-led case showing which single component you\u2019re mandated to have is your strongest argument, and the bundle is usually cheaper than two components bought separately.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1207\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1207\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Does Salesforce Shield cover sandboxes?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1207\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1207\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not automatically; platform Encryption or Event Monitoring in a Full sandbox requires an additional sandbox license or a data-masking workaround. This catches organisations out because they assume production coverage extends to lower environments.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1208\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1208\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How long does Field Audit Trail retain data?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1208\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1208\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to 10 years, across up to 200 fields per object since Spring \u201926, against the standard Field History tracking of 18 months and 20 fields. 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