Questions tagged [data-masking]
Data Masking is the act of replacing meaningful data with non-meaningful, or "masked" data to be used during development, and testing, etc. This is generally used to protect personally identifiable information from being seen outside of a production system.
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Column data masking security problem
In Db2 v11.5.7 on Linux I have simple table:
create table admin.patient_data (
patientid int not null primary key,
patient_name varchar(10),
illness varchar(15),
doctor_name varchar(10)
);
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SQL Data Masking a copy of data for backup
I need to send a database backup to a vendor for an upgrade, and somehow need to mask several columns containing PII. Was looking into static data masking, but this seems to change the data ...
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How to apply Static Data Masking With Replication of Database [closed]
We used to have multiple environments for applications such as Production, Staging, UAT, Dev, and Sandbox. It is a regular task for the DBA to refresh the lower (staging, test, UAT etc.) environments ...
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How does my system understand if data got masked?
I was trying to understand the difference between encryption and masking
Below statement says that real data replaced and gone!
Masking protects your data by transforming it into a readable format ...
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Dynamic Data Masking Issue when Concatenating Fields
You can reproduce the issue here:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[EmployeeDataMasking](
[RowId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[EmployeeId] [int] NULL,
[LastName] [varchar](50) MASKED WITH (FUNCTION = '...
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Dynamic Data Masking Doesn't Seem To Work Correctly With ISNULL
Here is the code to reproduce the issue:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[EmployeeDataMasking](
[RowId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[EmployeeId] [int] NULL,
[LastName] [varchar](50) MASKED WITH (...
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Using aggregate function on data masked column returns zeroes
Recently we have implemented dynamic data masking in SQL Server 2019 database in order to hide sensitive information from developers. However, for testing purposes I'd like them to see close-to-real ...
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Making production data accessible to developers via masking
We want to provide developers in our organization masked data from production to help troubleshoot production issues.
What would be the best way to approach it?
I've read this article https://learn....
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MySQL Masking and De-Identification
I am currently working on a project to mask and de-identify data and wanted to pass my findings through a sanity check (you guys).
Is it better to create a new view which houses masked data and ...
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On what basis DMA identifies columns for Dynamic Data Masking?
Can anyone help me explain on what basis 'Data Migration Assessment' features recommendation suggests for Dynamic Data Masking and displays certain objects/tables columns for masking. On what basis ...
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Data redaction with regex in Oracle
I would like to redact data with regex in oracle database. I know the procedure but I get unpredictable results.
I use the following script to apply redaction to a certain column with card numbers.
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Static Data Masking does not appear in SSMS 18 preview 6
I installed SSMS version 18 preview 6 and am using it with SQL Server 2017. I want to test the Static Data Masking feature, but the option does not appear.
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Masking PII columns in Oracle
I am using Oracle 11g R2 on Linux, and I have multiple tables in my database that has got columns that needs to be masked.
I have tried the OEM to mask the data as mentioned in the below hyperlink, ...
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Create Random Number up to 50 Digits and Store in Varchar
Does anyone have code; looking for a random number function generator.
I would just supply with a variable length @NumberLength = 50, etc.
It can create numbers up to 50 digits, and store in varchar. (...
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Create Random Word to obfuscate a SQL Column
Does anyone have any SQL code to automatically generate words (all letter, no number).
Is there any inline SQL to perform this on a column?
We are trying to obfuscate first/last name and other word ...
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Create SQL Randomized Date of Birth
Does anyone have any SQL code to automatically generate randomized birth dates, where the date of birth is less than today? Please add Date of Birth Range parameters, eg: from 18 to 70 years old.
Is ...
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Can't create indexed view against table with masked columns
I am trying to create an index on a view that references a table with a masked column (SQL Server 2016). The masked column is not the only one in that table, and it's not used in the view.
create ...
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Get current-processed column information in Oracle datapump
In order to mask data I am using REMAP_DATA parameter in Oracle datapump as follows:
expdp \'/ as sysdba\' DIRECTORY=DUMP_DIR DUMPFILE=dumpfile.dmp LOGFILE=logfile.log SCHEMAS=user0 REMAP_DATA=user0....
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Dynamic length obfuscation method in T-SQL
I would like to obfuscate (scramble) sensitive data from a SQL Server database, but in the way which will provide:
irreversibility (the plaintext can't be derived from the obfuscated data),
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Scramble / masking data from SQL Server [closed]
I need to share a SQL Server 2008 R2 DB with the development team.
The data is classified but the schema and the volumes are not.
The DB includes all primitive types (long, decimal, nvarchar etc.) but ...
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Scrubbing sensitive data
I am looking for an automated solution to scrub sensitive data from my prod environment to my DEV and DEVINT environments so that I don't have to write lots of code to get this done. Does anyone know ...
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