Data Masking
An Oracle White Paper
July 2010
Data Masking Best Practices
Oracle White Paper—Data Masking Best Practices
Executive Overview ........................................................................... 1
Introduction ....................................................................................... 1
The Challenges of Masking Data ....................................................... 2
Implementing Data Masking .............................................................. 2
Comprehensive Enterprise-wide Discovery of Sensitive Data ........ 3
Enforcing Referential Relationships during Data Masking .............. 4
Rich and Extensible Mask Library.................................................. 6
Sophisticated Masking Techniques ............................................... 7
High Performance Mask Execution ................................................ 9
Integrated Testing with Application Quality Management solutions11
Oracle’s Comprehensive Solutions for Database Security ........... 12
Customer Case Studies ................................................................... 12
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 13
Oracle White Paper—Data Masking Best Practices
Executive Overview
Enterprises need to share production data with various constituents while also protecting sensitive or personally identifiable aspects of the information. As the number of applications increases, more and more data gets shared, thus further increasing the risk of a data breach, where sensitive data gets exposed to unauthorized parties. Oracle Data Masking addresses this problem by irreversibly replacing the original sensitive data with realistic -looking scrubbed data that has same type and characteristics as the original sensitive data thus enabling organizations to share this information in compliance with information security policies and government regulations.
This
July 2010
Data Masking Best Practices
Oracle White Paper—Data Masking Best Practices
Executive Overview ........................................................................... 1
Introduction ....................................................................................... 1
The Challenges of Masking Data ....................................................... 2
Implementing Data Masking .............................................................. 2
Comprehensive Enterprise-wide Discovery of Sensitive Data ........ 3
Enforcing Referential Relationships during Data Masking .............. 4
Rich and Extensible Mask Library.................................................. 6
Sophisticated Masking Techniques ............................................... 7
High Performance Mask Execution ................................................ 9
Integrated Testing with Application Quality Management solutions11
Oracle’s Comprehensive Solutions for Database Security ........... 12
Customer Case Studies ................................................................... 12
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 13
Oracle White Paper—Data Masking Best Practices
Executive Overview
Enterprises need to share production data with various constituents while also protecting sensitive or personally identifiable aspects of the information. As the number of applications increases, more and more data gets shared, thus further increasing the risk of a data breach, where sensitive data gets exposed to unauthorized parties. Oracle Data Masking addresses this problem by irreversibly replacing the original sensitive data with realistic -looking scrubbed data that has same type and characteristics as the original sensitive data thus enabling organizations to share this information in compliance with information security policies and government regulations.
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