Data Masking/Protection
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
Data Masking/Protection
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
Data Masking/Protection
Hashing and encryption are distinct disciplines, but due to their nature they find harmony in cryptography. This article describes hashing, its synergy with encryption, and uses in IRI FieldShield for enhancing data protection. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
It is a common mistake to refer to data masking and data encryption interchangeably to mean the same things. While field-level encryption is considered one of many possible “data masking” functions, we define data masking and encryption as technically distinct processes below. Read More
