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# Child Object Security

Child object security replicates sharing settings from a parent object to a child object. In the Vault UI, this configuration option is labelled **Replicate sharing settings from parent object**. Learn more about [child object security in Vault Help](https://platform.veevavault.help/en/lr/858058).

To determine if a record is secured with child object security, developers can view the `replicate_sharing_from_parent` Boolean attribute on the `Object` MDL component, where `true` indicates child object security is enabled.



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