What Is Database Subsetting? How to Subset a Database.
Once a database exceeds a certain size, it becomes expensive — and risky from a security perspective — to provide full-size copies for development, testing, and training. Read More
PII Masking in MongoDB (2nd Method)
Note: This example demonstrates a more direct method of using IRI FieldShield or IRI Voracity to statically mask PII within structured MongoDB collections. Our older how-to-article on indirect data masking of MongoDB through export/mask/import from 2015 is here, and a newer method through MongoDB’s native driver support in CoSort v10 from 2018 is here. Read More
Data Quality and Fuzzy Searching
IRI is now also delivering fuzzy search functions, both in its free database and flat-file profiling tools, and as available field-function libraries in IRI CoSort, FieldShield, and Voracity to augment data quality, security, and MDM capabilities. Read More
FieldShield SDK
IRI provides a software development kit (SDK) to help FieldShield users apply column-level encryption, decryption, hashing, and redaction algorithms in Java and .NET projects for more in-situ or dynamic data masking requirements. Read More
Drawing Values from Set Files
This article looks at sets from an informational processing perspective; what they are; how they are constructed; and, distinct ways in which data can be drawn from sets within IRI software products using the SortCL data definition and processing program; i.e., Read More
Testing and Masking Singapore NRICs
Singapore NRICs are used in much the same way Social Security numbers are used in the United States. The Singapore NRIC identifies citizens, permanent residents, or any other person who has entered the country for an extended stay on visa. Read More
Cassandra Data Masking
Editors Note / UPDATE: The article below describes an older method of data masking in Cassandra through IRI FieldShield. As of 2023 however, the DarkShield V5 features a purpose-built NoSQL DB API for searching and masking operations in Cassandra, as well as fit-for-purpose graphical wizard in the IRI Workbench GUI for DarkShield that leverages the API for PII protection in Cassandra. Read More
Creating Test Data for Cassandra
UPDATE: Q1’17: Native JSON file generation, and available JDBC and ODBC drivers for NoSQL RDBs like Cassandra, now provide a more seamless connection than the CSV/import approach shown below. Read More
Creating Test Data for MongoDB
Introduction: This example demonstrates an older method of using IRI RowGen to generate and populate large or complex collection prototypes for testing or system capacity using flat files. Read More
PII Masking in MongoDB (1st Method)
Editors Note: This example demonstrates our earliest, least direct (though still available) method of using IRI FieldShield for NoSQL database protection; i.e., for MongoDB data masking. Read More
Secure, Then Splunk – A Format-Preserving Encryption and Pseduonymization…
Introduction: This example demonstrates an older method of using IRI FieldShield to protect sensitive data prior to indexing the data in Splunk. As you will read, FieldShield would process the data outside of Splunk and create a CSV file for Splunk’s ingestion. Read More