1. SOLIX EDMS DATA MASKING
John Huges
#440, Ridge Dr
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SSN 550-55-5500
John Doe
Secure Non-Production Database with Solix EDMS Data Masking: #XXX, *%#@e
A/C %XX*XX%
Obfuscate Sensitive Data for Application Testing SSN XXX-XX-XXXX
Privacy Needs Active Protection
Features
Ensuring data privacy is the law in many regulated industries; however protecting sensitive
Pre-Configured Masking
data is good business practice. Breach of confidential customer, financial and employee
data can lead to significant financial, legal and reputational losses. While data protection Ships with pre-configured algorithms
is strongly enforced in production systems, the same rigor is often not applied to non- to ensure data privacy for popular
production test and development environments. The approach to build in-house a limited pre-package application modules like
set of masking algorithms and have it executed by teams who have limited understanding PeopleSoft HCM that contain highly
of the application have led to serious vulnerability and occassional breach of sensitive data. sensitive data.
Information Lifecycle Management Obfuscates actual data
Data obfuscation ensures test and
Database Application
Archiving Retirement development users are unable to
determine the actual or original values
through one-way data scrambling,
Data masking and/or random data
Governance generation.
Supports Encryption & Decryption
Test Data Data The ability to support encryption/
Management Masking decryption is important when the
application requires dynamic data
Application Testing masking.
Solix EDMS Data Masking Maintains Transaction Relational
Integrity
Solix EDMS Data Masking, a key module of the Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite
When sensitive data is a Primary/Foreign
(EDMS), combined with Solix EDMS knowledgebase for the specific application, effectively
Key or maintains a columnar reference,
scrambles, encrypts, or masks sensitive data in the test databases while ensuring data
transactional relational integrity is
format remains valid for testing purposes. The Solix EDMS pre-packages specific algorithms
required.
to handle the formats required for creating a valid environment for application testing while
ensuring obfuscation of personal identifiable information (PII). Easy to use and set up policies
Enterprise System Testing Challenges Through a separate policy manager,
those who define the policies are
A typical enterprise runs multiple applications sometimes on different databases. Sensitive
different than those who execute them,
data, such as salaries, need to be masked in a consistent manner across all these applications.
ensuring segregation of duties.
Furthermore, different sets of sensitive data (SSN versus credit card number versus salary)
require different treatments of obfuscation. Business users also demand rapid testing. These
different objectives have to satisfy the overarching criterion of integrity for application
testing and needs to be tied together with key elements of SDLC.
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2. SOLIX EDMS DATA MASKING
Production Database Test Database
Private Data Private ###
Customer Credit Card Mary 23456 Customer Credit Card
Jane Moore 4145 1230 0000 6012 Shuffling
#$%^ 4531 0000 %$#! 6012
Name Phone Customer Phone
Masking xxx999999999
Joe 555 2320 XXX 999-999-9999
Name Address Mfdy64528798 Customer Address
Substitution
Davie 32 Elm St Mary 65 FrEds
Name SSN Customer SSN
Encryption/Decryption @#%fah^&*AS%^345
Sue 654599876 Jane Moore @#%-&*-1111
Name Zip Code ################ Customer Employer
Nulling
Mary 26453 ##### #########
Name CCN Custom Customer CCN
Custom
Mary 555526453… Custom Algorithm ............. ..................
Solix EDMS has been architected to support multiple applications running on heterogeneous
Supported Applications
databases from single server install. Solix EDMS Data Masking can be implemented to support
• Oracle E-Business Suite
consistent masking rules across these multiple applications. Solix EDMS Data Masking also
• PeopleSoft
provides a rich library of masking and encryption algorithms to satisfy the Chief Information
• JD Edwards
Security Officer’s mandate to treat different data values with appropriate obfuscation rules.
• Siebel
In combination with Solix EDMS Test Data Management, Solix EDMS Data Masking delivers
secure subsets in a rapid manner meeting business users’ demands for timely application • BaaN
testing. The most important criterion of integrity for application testing is met through the • DataWarehouse
meta-data repository with application specific knowledgebases that’s either pre-packaged for • Custom Applications
defined ERP’s / CRM’s or can be built through an auto population tool for other ISV or custom
applications. Supported Databases
• Oracle
Benefits • IBM DB2
• Solix EDMS incorporates storage replication, application cloning, and other integral steps • Microsoft SQL Server
in the SDLC process into the masking solution. • MySQL
• Solix EDMS builds policies based on business testing requirements and compliance • Informix
needs. • Other RDBMS with JDBC driver
• Solix EDMS provides complete library of functions that meets all test use cases. support
• Solix EDMS provides application awareness
• Solix EDMS allows business to define obfuscation rules in their terms; execution is done Supported Operating Systems
by IT (removes “Fox/ Henhouse“ syndrome) • HP-UX
• IBM AIX
About SOLIX Technologies
• IBM z/OS
SOLIX Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management solutions, helps • IBM i5/OS (OS/400)
businesses to improve application performance, reduce storage costs, meet compliance and • Oracle Solaris
data privacy requirements by achieving Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) goals and Data • Linux
Governance strategies. Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS) software enables • Microsoft Windows
organizations to implement Database Archiving, Test Data Management (Data Subsetting),
Data Masking and Application Retirement across all enterprise data. Solix ExAPPS Appliance
is an integrated set of Server, Storage and Software Components for Application Retirement
all bundled into a single device. SOLIX has an extensive global client base, including Fortune
500 companies, and is widely considered the standard for enterprise data management. SOLIX
Technologies is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and has an established worldwide
channel program of value added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators.
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