Data Security in the Business World: Navigating Challenges
Threats of data breaches and cyberattacks have intensified over the years. In 2025 alone, the total damage cost is already forecast to reach up to $10.5 trillion. Read More
Finding and Redacting Signatures in DarkShield
The purpose of IRI data masking tools is to discover and obfuscate Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in various data sources. Depending on the type of data source, we recommend different products in the IRI Data Protector Suite, typically IRI FieldShield or IRI DarkShield. Read More
Masking PHI in FHIR EDI Files with DarkShield
IntroductionThe IRI DarkShield data masking tool includes fit-for-purpose wizards in its IRI Workbench GUI to search (classify) and mask (remediate) sensitive ”dark data” (as defined by Gartner) in many semi, unstructured, and structured file, NoSQL, and relational database (RDB) sources. Read More
Connecting DarkShield to SharePoint
Abstract: This article describes how IRI DarkShield users can access files in SharePoint Online for searching and masking PII. It documents the setup steps you will take to use Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) for authorization, and configure DarkShield jobs in the IRI Workbench graphical IDE, built on Eclipse. Read More
Running DarkShield from the Command Line
The IRI DarkShield Command-Line Interface (CLI) offers a powerful way to harness the data discovery and masking capabilities of DarkShield Version 5 outside the graphical IRI Workbench environment. Read More
Data Scrambling: Format-Preserving Scramble (FPS)
This article demonstrates the use of the “format preserving scramble” (FPS) function available in IRI Voracity data masking and test data synthesis tools . FPS obfuscates numeric and alphabetic data in a random way but preserves the format and original widths of the characters (including upper- and lower-case letters). Read More
Masking PHI in X12 EDI Files with DarkShield
IntroductionThe IRI DarkShield data masking tool includes fit-for-purpose wizards in its IRI Workbench GUI to search (classify) and mask (remediate) sensitive ”dark data” (as defined by Gartner) in many semi, unstructured, and structured file, NoSQL, and relational database (RDB) sources. Read More
Oracle TLS Support
To configure both JDBC and ODBC to support the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, there are additional configuration steps that are needed when compared to this previous article. Read More
How to Mask PII in a Database
First released in 2011, the IRI FieldShield database data masking tool helps you classify, find, and de-identify personally identifiable information (PII) or other sensitive data in structured relational database (RDB) sources. Read More
The Basic FieldShield Masking Job Wizard
The “New Masking Job…” wizard in the IRI Workbench GUI for FieldShield creates a single IRI FieldShield job (.fcl) script for masking data usually for just one source – like a flat file or table – where data classes and masking rules for multi-target consistency are not required. Read More
Masking PHI in HL7 EDI Files with DarkShield
IntroductionThe IRI DarkShield data masking product now includes fit-for-purpose wizards in the IRI Workbench IDE to search (classify) and mask (remediate) sensitive ”dark data” (as defined by Gartner) in many semi, unstructured, and structured file, NoSQL, and relational database (RDB) sources. Read More