Data Masking/Protection
IRI FieldShield users can produce interactive displays from their searches for PII in structured data sources. These charts – created through wizards in the IRI Workbench Data Discovery menu – produce statistics and provide insight into defined classes of data. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
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
Data Masking/Protection
IRI has discussed startpoint security in further detail with the Outlook Series in a segment about data masking.
This article defines what we’d like to call “startpoint security” mostly by virtue of a comparison to endpoint security. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
There are times when it is necessary to test with or share data that has elements of personally identifiable information (PII). To comply with data privacy laws and prevent a data breach, you may need to provide data that reflects, and sometimes imparts, critical information, but still protects the PII. Read More
Data Transformation
For the last 30 or so years, the precursor to most large scale business intelligence (BI) environments has been the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). A data warehouse (DW) is usually a central database (DB) for reporting, planning, and analyzing summarized, subject-matter data integrated from disparate, historical transaction sources. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
IRI provides multiple data discovery features for personally identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive or need-to-be-found data held in enterprise sources.
Beyond data class, pattern- and fuzzy-match searches described elsewhere in this blog, this article primarily discusses the search for values held in a lookup or ‘set’ file (e.g., Read More
Big Data
Intelligent. Fierce. Powerful. Fast. Voracious.
Killer whales, or orcas thrive in every world ocean and in many seas. They are intelligent, lively, and highly social creatures that form close, matrilineal groups. Read More
Data Quality (DQ)
Customers drive business, and they want to be understood and valued. That starts with getting their (only) name right, and having an accurate view of their transaction history, preferences, and related information. Read More
Business Intelligence (BI)
The Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD), or entity relationship model, is a visual depiction of database tables (entities) and how they are linked through primary and foreign keys (relationships) to each other. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
Update: Q2’16: In addition to the database profiling wizard in the data discovery menu group in IRI Workbench described below, IRI has introduced robust data classification that enables the application of field rules for multi-source data transformation and protection through data class libraries. Read More