Data masking is an approach to data security used to conceal sensitive information. Unlike encryption, which renders data unusable until it is restored to clear text, masking is designed to protect ...

Data privacy regulations—coupled with the desire to pro­tect sensitive data—impose requirements on organizations to protect production data. Since many organizations rely on pro­duction data as a ...

Data masking is one of the ways to protect confidential information from unauthorized use. When masking, data is replaced either with arbitrary symbols or (more often) with fictitious data. The array ...

IBM has released proof-of-concept technology designed to protect sensitive data used in industries such as health care without the need to modify existing applications. Masking Gateway for Enterprises ...

Last week’s article covered the topic of protecting data in databases from the inside out. That is, watching every action involving data as it happens, and promptly halting improper actions. This week ...

To some cybersecurity experts, the data breach of PowerSchool earlier this month fit an emerging pattern. It followed a similar breach of the online learning platform Learnosity six months prior, and ...

GUEST OPINION: Data is no longer restricted to a few controlled systems. It flows across environments, gets replicated for testing, shared with partners, and reused for analytics and AI initiatives.

Data masking tackles security issues head-on by tweaking data's actual digits and letters, maintaining confidentiality. It alters data values while preserving the original format, creating a ...

Sensitive data is a part of every large organization’s normal business practice. Allowing sensitive data from production applications to be copied and used for development and testing environments ...