Masking PII in PDF & Image Files with DarkShield
IRI DarkShield can search for, and mask, personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive data in many different file types, documents and databases on-premise or in the cloud. Read More
Connecting IBM DB2 with IRI Software
Like previous articles in this blog on the connection and configuration of other relational databases with the IRI Voracity data management platform — and its ecosystem products: CoSort, NextForm, FieldShield, DarkShield and RowGen — this article details how to reach DB2 sources. Read More
Connecting Informix to IRI (IDS12 DB in IRI Workbench)
This article documents the database connectivity tools and configurations necessary in IRI Workbench and 64-bit CoSort-compatible runtime environments to work with 64-bit Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) v12 table sources and targets. Read More
Introduction to IRI DarkShield
What is DarkShield?IRI DarkShield is a data masking tool for classifying, searching, and de-identifying Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other sensitive data in structured, semi-structured and unstructured sources. Read More
Connecting MS SQL to IRI Workbench
Whether your SQL Server database is on-premise or in a cloud enviroment like Azure, its data is accessible for movement and manipulation in IRI Workbench-supported products like CoSort, FieldShield, DarkShield, NextForm and RowGen, or the IRI Voracity platform which includes them all. Read More
Using Static Data Masking & Dynamic Data Unmasking
Usually static data masking is performed on production data at rest so it is stored safely, or when replicated to non-production environments for testing or development purposes. Read More
Filtering Tables in IRI Workbench
IRI Workbench provides a number of features for working across multiple tables in a database. It includes wizards to: profile databases; classify columns; subset, mask and migrate data; generate test data; etc. Read More
Browsing the Operational Data Store (ODS)
What Is an ODS?An operational data store (or “ODS”) is another paradigm for integrating enterprise data that is relatively simpler than a data warehouse (DW). Read More
Anonymizing Indirect Identifiers to Lower Re-ID Risk
Quasi-identifiers, or indirect identifiers, are personal attributes that are true about, but not necessarily unique, to an individual. Examples are one’s age or date of birth, race, salary, educational attainment, occupation, marital status and zip code. Read More
PII Blurring in IRI FieldShield
Adding ‘random noise’ to data through blurring or perturbation is a data common anonymization requirement for researchers and marketers of protected health information (PHI) seeking to comply with the HIPAA Expert Determination Method security rule. Read More
PII Masking & More in CSV Files
This article demonstrates the manipulation of a CSV file using an IRI Workbench wizard. In fact, this example shows how PII can be masked from almost any IRI job wizard, though CSV file masking is most often performed from a single or multi-file IRI FieldShield job menu. Read More