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description: Salesforce Shield is a set of security tools you can use to comply with regulations on storing sensitive, protected health information. With Platform Encryption and Event Monitoring, you can monitor usage, prevent malicious activity, and protect data at rest while using Health Cloud’s full functionality.
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# Salesforce Shield

Salesforce Shield is a set of security tools you can use to comply with regulations on storing sensitive, protected health information. With Platform Encryption and Event Monitoring, you can monitor usage, prevent malicious activity, and protect data at rest while using Health Cloud’s full functionality.

## Platform Encryption

Platform Encryption helps you natively encrypt your most sensitive data at rest, enabling you to address HIPAA requirements for storing sensitive protected health information. Encryption helps you protect PII, PHI, sensitive, confidential, or proprietary data. It enables you to meet both external and internal data compliance policies while keeping critical app functionality—like search, workflow, and validation rules. You keep full control over encryption keys and can set encrypted data permissions to protect sensitive data from unauthorized users.

## Event Monitoring

Event Monitoring gives you access to detailed performance, security, and usage data on all your Salesforce apps. Every interaction is tracked and accessible via API, so you can view it in the data visualization app of your choice. See who is accessing critical business data when, and from where they’re getting access. Understand user adoption across your apps. Troubleshoot and optimize performance to improve end-user experience. Event Monitoring data can be easily imported into any data visualization or application monitoring tool like Analytics, Splunk, or New Relic. To get started, check out our [Event Monitoring](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/module/event_monitoring) Trailhead module.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Platform Encryption](https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=security_pe_overview.htm&language=en_US)