Data masking is an approach to data security used to conceal sensitive information. Unlike encryption, which renders data unusable until it is restored to clear text, masking is designed to protect ...

GUEST OPINION: Data is no longer restricted to a few controlled systems. It flows across environments, gets replicated for testing, shared with partners, and reused for analytics and AI initiatives.

Nearly every IT person has seen it at some point: a test bed populated with real, sometimes business-sensitive, data just waiting to fall into the wrong hands. "It's so easy to just make a copy -- and ...