Many innovations in the modern day and age are a necessity rather than a preferred choice. Data masking is one such innovation. Thrust upon us by the increase in technology and the concomitant reduction in barriers to the theft of data as well as expansion in regulation of industry in general, data masking has become a compulsory part of virtually every business that works with sensitive data and non-production databases.
Data masking goes by many names, such as data obfuscation, data scrambling, data cleansing, and data anonymization. And although the names may be different, the purpose is the same – to keep private data just that; private. Working from the premise that prevention is better than cure, data masking provides protection against the potentially business destroying act of having your data compromised. [Read more…] about Benefits of Data Masking