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What Is Data Masking? Types, Tools, and Techniques

September 12, 2023 by rebeccareynoso Leave a Comment

In 2022, over 422 million people were impacted by data breaches in the USA, alone. Phishing, ransomware, and denial of service (DOS) attacks are some of the common ways cybercriminals lure and attack their victims, and are all top concerns for IT executives. Data masking can help protect you and your customers against cybersecurity threats. Let’s find out how. 

What is data masking?

Data masking is a process that modifies sensitive data and renders it useless to potential intruders. Your data remains usable to you and your company and can be transmitted between systems and used inside and outside your production environments. It keeps confidential information safe and gives you a way to share information with your partners and others outside your organization without compromising sensitive information. 

Protect your most sensitive data

Keep all of your information in one place, and choose how to mask the

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