Data Class Validation in IRI Workbench
Abstract: This is the first of two articles on data class validation in the IRI Workbench graphical IDE for the IRI DarkShield, FieldShield and CellShield EE data masking tools. Read More
Connecting to, and Masking Data, in Salesforce
IRI Workbench users can connect to and manipulate the data in the underlying database in Salesforce using the JDBC and ODBC drivers from CData or Progress Software. Read More
Azure Key Vault Encryption Key Management
Abstract: This article covers Azure Key Vault encryption key management as part of data encryption best practices. It explains how to use Azure Key Vault and how to perform secure passphrase storage in Azure for encryption and decryption in the IRI FieldShield data masking tool. Read More
Data Class File Masking
The Data Class File Masking Job wizard in IRI Workbench protects large numbers of structured file sources that have been previously classified. While it was possible to use the data classes in many of the existing wizards, if the data class library included a lot of classified fields, selection of the classified sources was cumbersome. Read More
A Splunk Phantom Playbook for Masking Sensitive Data
IntroductionSplunk Phantom is an orchestration, automation, and response technology for running “Playbooks” to respond to various conditions. Phantom connects to Splunk Enterprise using the Phantom App for Splunk, so that actions can be taken on knowledge derived from data indexed in Splunk. Read More
Masking PII in MongoDB, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch with DarkShield:…
Editor’s Note:
As of 2024 and DarkShield V5, the search and masking methods for these NoSQL DBs has been upgraded; please refer to the discussion and demonstration in this updated article instead! Read More
How to Support the Right to be Forgotten in…
Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stipulates the need to minimize aging data through deletion, as well as the ad hoc Right to Erasure, often referred to as the Right to be Forgotten. Read More
Using Static Data Masking & Dynamic Data Unmasking
Usually static data masking is performed on production data at rest so it is stored safely, or when replicated to non-production environments for testing or development purposes. Read More
Getting DarkShield Alerts from Splunk Adaptive Response
The Splunk Adaptive Response Framework (ARF) included with Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) allows actions to be taken in response to data. This is done by creating an alert that triggers when a certain search result condition is received in the Splunk ES Search and Reporting app. Read More
Automatically Forward Target or Log Data into Splunk
Production or test data targets, as well as the operational log data, created by SortCL-compatible data manipulation or generation jobs in the IRI Voracity data management platform and its included products (IRI CoSort, NextForm, RowGen, FieldShield and DarkShield) are all machine-readable. Read More
Filtering Tables in IRI Workbench
IRI Workbench provides a number of features for working across multiple tables in a database. It includes wizards to: profile databases; classify columns; subset, mask and migrate data; generate test data; etc. Read More