CX-Mask

CX-Mask by Imperva is a data masking solution designed to safeguard sensitive data while providing functional alternatives for user training, sales demos, and software testing. According to the vendor, CX-Mask caters to a wide range of professionals and industries, including IT professionals, data security professionals, software developers, testers, and compliance officers.

Key Features

Static Data Masking: CX-Mask creates a sanitized copy of the database by altering sensitive data, enabling secure sharing of the database. It involves creating a backup copy of the production database, eliminating unnecessary data, and then applying data masking techniques.

Deterministic Data Masking: This feature consistently replaces one set of data values with another set, providing a convenient solution for various scenarios, although it may have limitations in terms of security.

On-the-Fly Data Masking: CX-Mask masks data during the transfer from production systems to test or development systems, ensuring data security without the need for a backup copy of the source database.

Dynamic Data Masking: Similar to on-the-fly masking, this feature ensures that data is never stored in a secondary data store in the dev/test environment. Data is streamed directly from the production system to the dev/test environment for consumption.

Data Encryption: CX-Mask encrypts data to render it useless without the decryption key, providing a highly secure data masking method that requires careful implementation.

Data Scrambling: With data scrambling, CX-Mask reorganizes characters in a random order, effectively replacing the original content. This technique is simple to implement but may have limitations in terms of security and applicability to specific data types.

Nulling Out: This feature masks data by making it appear missing or "null" to unauthorized users, enhancing data protection while potentially impacting its usefulness for development and testing purposes.

Value Variance: CX-Mask replaces original data values with a function that generates values within a predefined range, ensuring useful data output without disclosing the original dataset.

Data Substitution: CX-Mask substitutes data values with realistic but fake alternatives, such as replacing real customer names with randomly generated names from a predefined list.

Data Shuffling: This feature switches data values within the same dataset, rearranging data using a random sequence. The resulting dataset appears realistic but does not reveal individual or specific data records.

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