In this lesson, I provide a high-level overview of the Salesforce Security Model.
Resource:
A Guide to Sharing Architecture - https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.dat.meta/dat/dat_components.htm
Data access in Salesforce begins with the User. Levels of access vary based on the type of user that is logging in. It is important that you understand the different license types available in Salesforce.
You can view your organization’s licenses in Company Information via Setup.
Resource:
User...
Profiles and permission sets provide object-level security by determining what types of data users see and whether they can edit, create, or delete records. For each object, the “View All” and “Modify All” permissions ignore sharing rules and settings, allowing administrators to quickly grant acc...
In this lesson, we look at permission sets, and profiles vs. permissions