Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What kind of security is needed for making a callout from apex? Tagged: Apex Callouts, Authentication, HTTP Callouts, Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Client Certificate, Salesforce Security, SSL Certificate Salesforce® Discussions What kind of security is needed for making a callout from apex? Posted by Anurag algoworks on July 26, 2018 at 2:36 PM What kind of security is needed for making a callout from apex? chanchal kumar replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply Apex CalloutsAuthenticationHTTP CalloutsSalesforce ApexSalesforce Client CertificateSalesforce SecuritySSL Certificate 1 Reply chanchal kumar Member July 27, 2018 at 12:24 PM There are various ways to secure callouts: Restrict the IP Addresses that the web service will accept calls from. Use the Salesforce.com Client Certificate (or use your own Cert) to do mutual SSL for the Callout. Put a HTTP header into the Callout to use some sort of Basic Auth This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by chanchal kumar. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me