
2026 Salesforce Shield
Event Monitoring
Implementation Checklist
*Includes new ChatGPT/LLM Prompts
The Ultimate Step-by-step Guide & Checklist
Implement Shield Event Monitoring the right way, fast!
This checklist gives you a straightforward, step-by-step approach to deploy Event Monitoring with confidence, so you can detect risk, meet compliance requirements, and actually use the data you collect.
What You’ll Get
✔ A clear implementation checklist
✔ ChatGPT/LLM prompts to accelerate your implementation
✔ Guidance on which Event Monitoring logs matter most
✔ Best practices for security, compliance, and admin ownership
✔ Tips to reduce log noise and alert fatigue
✔ A post-implementation review checklist to ensure ongoing value
Who It’s For
- Salesforce Admins & Architects
- Security, Risk, and Compliance Teams
- IT Leaders responsible for data protection
Whether you’re enabling Event Monitoring for the first time or refining an existing setup, this guide helps you get it right.

About Spotlight Monitor
I started Spotlight Monitor after seeing too many customers struggle to operationalize their Salesforce Shield investments.
They often fell short of mitigating the risks they anticipated, and lacked effective signals to minimize data loss from risky user activity.
As a CRO and founder, these are challenges I care deeply about, and our team of Shield experts bring a unique background that’s well-suited to help customers solve them.
- Brian Olearczyk