Masking PII in PDF & Image Files
IRI DarkShield can search for, and mask, personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive data in many different file types, documents and databases on-premise or in the cloud. Read More
Connecting IBM DB2 with IRI Software
Like previous articles in this blog on the connection and configuration of other relational databases with the IRI Voracity data management platform — and its ecosystem products: CoSort, NextForm, FieldShield, DarkShield and RowGen — this article details how to reach DB2 sources. Read More
Incremental Data Masking and Mapping: Detecting Changes and Updating…
Incremental data replication, masking, integration (ETL), and other data refresh operations are common in frequently updating database environments. These jobs require the detection of additions and updates to tables. Read More
Connecting Informix to IRI (IDS12 DB in IRI Workbench)
This article documents the database connectivity tools and configurations necessary in IRI Workbench and 64-bit CoSort-compatible runtime environments to work with 64-bit Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) v12 table sources and targets. Read More
What’s New in CellShield Version 2.0
IRI CellShield® is an add-in for Microsoft Excel® that protects the sensitive information in one or more spreadsheets, allowing you to comply with data privacy laws and nullify data breaches. Read More
Proxy-Based Dynamic Data Masking in FieldShield
This article describes a dynamic data masking (DDM) method available to IRI FieldShield premium sites that uses a proxy-based system for intercepting application queries to JDBC-connected databases. Read More
Using DarkShield with Relational Databases
Editor’s Note: The content in this article has been deprecated with the release of IRI DarkShield Version 5 in 2024. To see how you can search and mask data in RDBs with the DarkShield GUI now, see this article. Read More
Introduction to IRI DarkShield
What is DarkShield?IRI DarkShield is a data masking tool for classifying, searching, and de-identifying Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other sensitive data in structured, semi-structured and unstructured sources. Read More
How to Find and Mask PII in Elasticsearch
Editor’s Note: A newer version of the IRI DarkShield wizard for Elasticsearch data masking is described in this article.
Elasticsearch is a Java-based search engine that has an HTTP interface and stores its data in schema-free JSON documents. Read More
Connecting MS SQL to IRI Workbench
Whether your SQL Server database is on-premise or in a cloud enviroment like Azure, its data is accessible for movement and manipulation in IRI Workbench-supported products like CoSort, FieldShield, DarkShield, NextForm and RowGen, or the IRI Voracity platform which includes them all. Read More
Real-Time Data Masking Using Triggers
Previous articles in the IRI blog detailed the static data masking of new database data using /INCLUDE logic or /QUERY syntax in scheduled IRI FieldShield job scripts that required changes in column values to detect updates. Read More