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
Voracity Data Munging and Masking App for Splunk
In Q3’19, IRI created a new, free app for Splunk Enterprise and Enterprise Security users that seamlessly indexes data from any Voracity platform data wrangling or protection job. Read More
Machine Learning in Cancer Prediction: A Voracity-KNIME Use Case
In predictive analytics, machine learning involves training a computer to evaluate data sets and create prediction models from trends it finds in the data. Machine learning builds off traditional statistics and creates larger and more advanced models faster than a person ever could. 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
Speeding KNIME with Voracity
AbstractKNIME is a leading open source analytic and visualization tool for data scientists. Wrangling raw data for KNIME projects is usually done via their intermediate file node, database connectors, or other extensions like Spark. Read More
Revealing Data Profiling Secrets in Splunk
What Is Data Profiling?Before you can make use of the data you have and trust its value for, analytic, testing, and other production jobs, you have to know enough about that data. 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
Connecting PostgreSQL to IRI Workbench
Connecting to PostgreSQL (and compatible databases like Amazon RDS, CockroachDB and EnterpriseDB) for data movement and manipulation in IRI Workbench-supported products like Voracity, CoSort, FieldShield, NextForm and RowGen follows the same paradigm as other relational databases. 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