eWeek.com:
Data Masking Reduces Business Security Risks: Report
By: Nathan Eddy
2011-08-26Masked data is used in application development, testing, quality assurance, support and business analysis by a range of private and governmental entities.
Data security intelligence and protection specialist Dataguise released a report suggesting data masking, or the de-identification of sensitive data used in application development, testing and business analysis, can go a long way to improving a business or organization’s ability to protect itself against security risks. The company recommended creating test and development copies through an automated process to reduce the exposure of sensitive data and improve data security in non-production instances. The company said leaving the data in the hands of employees could have “disastrous results."
Of the available options, the study found those that provide actionable intelligence and enable information security, compliance officers and infrastructure managers to better understand shared responsibilities for protecting data are preferred. [Read more]
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