Data Masking/Protection
IRI Workbench users can connect to and manipulate the data in the underlying database in Salesforce using the JDBC and ODBC drivers from CData or Progress Software. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
The Data Class File Masking Job wizard in IRI Workbench protects large numbers of structured file sources that have been previously classified. While it was possible to use the data classes in many of the existing wizards, if the data class library included a lot of classified fields, selection of the classified sources was cumbersome. Read More
Big Data
Splunk Phantom is an orchestration, automation, and response technology for running “Playbooks” to respond to various conditions. Phantom connects to Splunk Enterprise using the Phantom App for Splunk, so that actions can be taken on knowledge derived from data indexed in Splunk. Read More
Big Data
Editor’s Note:
As of 2024 and DarkShield V5, the search and masking methods for these NoSQL DBs has been upgraded; please refer to the discussion and demonstration in this updated article instead! Read More
Data Masking/Protection
Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stipulates the need to minimize aging data through deletion, as well as the ad hoc Right to Erasure, often referred to as the Right to be Forgotten. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
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
Data Masking/Protection
The Splunk Adaptive Response Framework (ARF) included with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) allows actions to be taken in response to data. This is done by creating an alert that triggers when a certain search result condition is received in the Splunk ES Search and Reporting app. Read More
Big Data
Finding and masking personally identifiable information (PII) in Snowflake® data warehouses works the same way in IRI FieldShield® or Voracity® installations as it does for other relational database sources. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
“Have you stopped speeding?” You could probably object to a leading question like this in court, but what happens when an important question with only a yes or no answer is solicited on a mandatory form, and the response becomes part of an actionable database record? Read More
Data Masking/Protection
Editors Note: This articles covers data anonymization as a form of data masking for privacy protection. In particular, it covers the concepts of quasi-identifiers and re-identification risk and the use of HIPAA data de-identification standards for protecting sensitive data in research through the use of anonymizing techniques like age blurring and demographic attribute blurring in conjunction with re-ID risk scoring. Read More