Most of us have no idea when it comes to figuring out ways to acquire the right kind of data we need for any type of test or development project. We’re lost. We’ve been taking copies of our live environments for years. It’s the only method we know. There is only one issue changing our [...]
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Synthetic test data versus masked test data
Another interesting topic to address is the trade-off between synthetic test data and scrubbed or masked test data. I got into this discussion with someone today who has a strong background in security related issues. He was saying that scrubbed or de-identified test data can be un-scrubbed via various methods – e.g. reverse engineering the [...]
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For almost all organizations, their corporate data is an absolutely crucial business asset. Without access to the information in their corporate databases, most companies would be unable to conduct their day-to-day business. While in recent years, most companies have invested heavily in trying to protect the availability of corporate data, there has been a glaring [...]
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