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Award-Winning Data Masking Tools
Renowned self-hosted data classification, PII discovery, and data masking software in the IRI Data Protector suite and IRI Voracity platform will: catalog, find, and mask personally identifiable information (PII) and other "data at risk" in multiple sources.
Each tool helps you comply (and prove compliance) with the CPRA, CIPSEA, FERPA, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, and SOC2 in the US, and international laws like the GDPR, DPDPA, KVKK, LGPD, LOPD, PDPA, PIPEDA and POPIA.
Co-located IRI tooling in Voracity, including IRI RowGen, can also synthesize realistic test data from scratch and produce referentially correct database subsets.
1. Structured Data Masking
FieldShield classifies, discovers, de-identifies, risk-scores, anonymizes and audits PII in relational databases, sequential files, ASN.1 CDRs, ACH and Fedwire files, and Excel (XLS/X) spreadsheets.
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2. Structured, Semi- & Unstructured Data Masking
DarkShield classifies, discovers, and masks PII in RDBs and flat files, too, plus: free text, JSON and XML, HL7/X12/FHIR EDI, Parquet, audio, .SQL, and log files; MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and PDF documents, NoSQL databases and Splunk indexes; plus, DICOM medical studies, common image formats, and signatures. Handwriting and faces are in progress.
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3. Excel® Data Masking
CellShield works directly in Excel to find, report on, mask, and audit changes to PII in Excel columns and values -- on multiple sheets LAN-wide or in Office 365.
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4. Data Masking as a Service (DMaaS)
This is not a cloud-based SaaS solution - in fact IRI software runs on-premise. DMaaS in this case means engineers in the US and abroad help do the work of classifying, finding, masking, and risk-scoring PII for you on your systems only.
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5. IRI RowGen® (Test Data Synthesis)
Use the proven IRI data masking tools above, the IRI RowGen test data synthesis package, or the IRI Voracity data management platform which includes them all, to: subset, create, or virtualize safe, intelligent test data in DB, file, API, and report targets for ETL prototypes, DevOps, benchmarking, etc.
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Compare the capabilities of IRI's award-winning data masking tools with this matrix, and peruse IRI's proven test data solutions here. Dive deeper with the slide deck and our article on "startpointsecurity" below.
Need Safe Test Data?
Use the proven IRI data masking tools above, the IRI RowGen test data synthesis package, or the IRI Voracity data management platform which includes them all, to: subset, create, or virtualize safe, intelligent test data in DB, file, API, and report targets for ETL prototypes, DevOps, benchmarking, etc.
Use Cases
The IRI Data Protector suite's constituent products address:
- Data Discovery and Classification for data security, quality/MDM, etc.
- Data Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and De-ID for HIPAA-and GDPR-covered entities
- Re-ID risk scoring and PHI blurring for Expert Determination Method compliance
- Static Data Masking (SDM) and Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) applications
- Encryption, hashing, and tokenization of PANs for PCI DSS
- Prototyping DB/ETL operations, DevOps and high volume data stress-testing
These data masking tools and data-centric security solutions are also critical complements to device and perimeter (network) security solutions which cannot address insider attacks.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The IRI Data Protector suite is a collection of self-hosted data discovery and de-identification tools designed to find, classify, and mask personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive data. It includes specialized tools like FieldShield for databases, DarkShield for unstructured files, and CellShield for Excel. It also features RowGen to synthesize smart, safe test data from scratch.
Yes. Through the IRI DarkShield component, the suite can discover and mask PII in free text, JSON, XML, PDF, MS Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), NoSQL databases, and log files. It is specifically designed to handle "dark data" that often resides outside of traditional relational databases.
The IRI Data Protector suite provides the technical controls necessary to comply with a wide range of international data privacy laws, including GDPR, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, CPRA/CCPA, FERPA, and SOC2.
Yes. With IRI RowGen, which can synthesize realistic, referentially correct test data from scratch. This allows DevOps and QA teams to work with safe, intelligent datasets without using actual production data.
No, but it can run in the cloud. IRI software is primarily self-hosted and runs on-premise to ensure maximum data security and sovereignty. Note that IRI offers "Data Masking as a Service" (DMaaS), where IRI engineers can remotely assist your team in classifying and masking PII within your own secure infrastructure.
