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            Except for Data 360, Salesforce products use traditional keyword indexing and store these keywords at rest in search index files. When you turn on search index encryption, sensitive data, even when tokenized for search, remains unreadable to unauthorized parties if the indexes are compromised.

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            Available in both Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs).
            Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited and Developer Editions. Requires purchasing Salesforce Shield or Shield Platform Encryption.
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            Note This page is about Shield Platform Encryption, not Classic Encryption. What's the difference?

            Search functionality remains largely unaffected for most encrypted fields. Shield Platform Encryption adds another layer of defense for personally identifiable information (PII) or other sensitive data that users search for.

            Note
            Note Salesforce search index encryption isn’t the same as Data 360 search. Salesforce Data 360 uses vector search for semantic understanding and powering sophisticated AI features. Platform Encryption for Data 360 is responsible for encrypting the unique vector search indexes within Data 360 itself.

            Database Encryption doesn’t extend its encryption to search indexes. You must turn on search index encryption to protect your search indexes.

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