Data Masking/Protection
The IRI DarkShield data masking tool includes fit-for-purpose wizards in its IRI Workbench GUI to search (classify) and mask (remediate) sensitive ”dark data” (as defined by Gartner) in many semi, unstructured, and structured file, NoSQL, and relational database (RDB) sources. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
Abstract: This article describes how IRI DarkShield users can access files in SharePoint Online for searching and masking PII. It documents the setup steps you will take to use Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) for authorization, and configure DarkShield jobs in the IRI Workbench graphical IDE, built on Eclipse. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
The IRI DarkShield Command-Line Interface (CLI) offers a powerful way to harness the data discovery and masking capabilities of DarkShield Version 5 outside the graphical IRI Workbench environment. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
To configure both JDBC and ODBC to support the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, there are additional configuration steps that are needed when compared to this previous article. Read More
Big Data
Corporations and government agencies store a lot of useful information in non-transactional semi-structured and unstructured data sources. Finding that data – in documents, logs, and images – is important not only for data masking, but also for textual ETL. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
The “New Masking Job…” wizard in the IRI Workbench GUI for FieldShield creates a single IRI FieldShield job (.fcl) script for masking data usually for just one source – like a flat file or table – where data classes and masking rules for multi-target consistency are not required. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
IRI Voracity is a data management platform that we have previously talked about at some length. It offers capabilities for data integration, data governance, data masking, test data management, data quality, data cleansing, data migration, and so on (and on, and on). Read More
Data Masking/Protection
This article discusses the Directory Data Class Search wizard in the IRI Workbench GUI for FieldShield. This data discovery jobs built in the wizard scan directories that you select on local or networked nodes to: 1) log and chart PII it finds; and, 2) classify the data, in flat files. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
In past articles we have discussed the Data Class & Rules Library and leveraged this library in data classification processes (Schema Data Class Search and Directory Data Class Search), that in turn produce a file called a Data Class Map. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
The Schema Data Class Search wizard in IRI Workbench (WB) designs search jobs for (PII or other) data in relational database schemas. The searches you configure in the wizard will compare data in entire schemas to location (metadata) and/or data (content) matchers that you previously associated with specific data classes (like email addresses, names, phone numbers, etc.). Read More