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Michael Salamone

Sr. Offensive Product Security Engineer

Lockguard Plugins

Mike is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with over a decade of experience protecting cloud ecosystems and eight years in software development. For the past five years, he has specialized exclusively in securing Salesforce environments. As the founder of a successful cybersecurity company, Mike has helped organizations harden their Salesforce implementations through creative, real-world exploit design—earning 15 public bounties and completing more than 50 private security engagements.


He holds several of the industry’s most prestigious and difficult-to-achieve certifications, including CISSP, OSWE, and OSCP. Mike is an active contributor to the security community, regularly publishing public exploits, sharing research, and disclosing CVEs and Zero-Day findings affecting third-party Salesforce applications. Most recently, his team launched Profile Guard—a Salesforce-native security app released in July—which continues to see strong adoption.


Mike brings a practitioner’s perspective, a builder’s mindset, and a deep passion for elevating security standards across the Salesforce ecosystem.

Michael Salamone
AppExchange
July 29, 2026 - Practitioner Day
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Astro Room
Breaking Salesforce: Live Exploits, Real Risks, and How to Defend Against Them

Modern Salesforce orgs face a growing threat landscape—one driven not by theory, but by real-world attack paths, risky third-party applications, and unintended user interactions that open the door to compromise. In this session, cybersecurity expert Mike (CISSP, OSWE, OSCP) walks attendees through the exact techniques attackers use to break into Salesforce environments, including creative exploits developed through over 50 private engagements and 15 public bounties.

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