Informatica Data Privacy vs. TrustArc

In most circumstances, production data is necessary in staged environments in order to test and validate various test cases and scenarios. Real-time data, on the other hand, comprises sensitive information such as credit/debit card numbers, user names and passwords, and any other personal details that cannot be disclosed. As a result, this tool may be used to mask vital data with fake but realistic data in order to execute a variety of actions in the development and quality assurance environments. In order to protect the privacy and security of users' data, as well as to prevent future risk.

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TrustArc is well suited for a small-to-medium sized digital organization that is concerned about its ability to fulfill data privacy requirements. TrustArc offers an API integration to allow users to handle a larger volume of requests, but I don't have personal experience with this feature. It is a requirement that a cross-functional data privacy team be established in your organization to get the most use out of this product.

Incentivized

• automated sensitive field detection
• replace critical data with dummy but real-looking data
• threat detection
• role based access

Incentivized

• Email verification
• Frontend UI
• Flexible configurations
• Easy-to-follow audit trail - each step of the process is clearly defined
• Integrated process flow - all communication back to data subject is handled through TrustArc

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• documentation not available
• technical knowledge required

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• Notification schemes - allowing different access levels to be notified when certain processes occur
• Two-factor authentication upon login is a desirable feature not implemented
• Standardized reporting on home dashboard

Incentivized

In order to use this tool, we need to spend some time learning this. Once it is familiar it is one of the best data privacy tools.

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OneTrust offers a similar product offering to TrustArc. Our organization had a legacy relationship with TrustArc with respect to its online cookie management preference solution. OneTrust product offerings do provide much of the same functionality as TrustArc and is worthy of consideration if you are evaluating vendors in this space.

Incentivized

• risk mitigation
• data loss prevention
• role based data access

Incentivized

• Allow organization to be compliant with data privacy laws is a requirement in 2021
• Flexible offering allows for control of both digital (cookie) and database record requests
• Sunk cost - organization requires this type of program, TrustArc is an established vendor in this space

Incentivized