Security Implementation Guide

Security Overview
Security Infrastructure
Trust and Salesforce
User Security Overview
About Passwords
User Authentication
Connected Apps
Custom Permissions Overview
My Domain
Identity Providers
Network-Based Security
CAPTCHA Security for Data Exports
Session Security
Securing Data Access
Platform Encryption
Auditing
Securing and Sharing Data
Configuring Salesforce Security Features
Enabling Single Sign-On
Monitoring Your Organization's Security
Security Tips for Apex and Visualforce Development
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CAPTCHA Security for Data Exports

By request, Salesforce can also require users to pass a user verification test to export data from Salesforce. This simple, text-entry test helps prevent malicious programs from accessing your organization’s data, as well as reducing the risk of automated attacks. CAPTCHA is a type of network-based security. To pass the test, users must type two words displayed on an overlay into the overlay’s text box field, and click a Submit button. Salesforce uses CAPTCHA technology provided by reCaptcha to verify that a person, as opposed to an automated program, has correctly entered the text into the overlay. CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.”