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? The Case for Safe, Intelligent Database Test Data

by Jason Koivu

Database Test Data Usage – This blog caught my eye because of its title, Do the right thing when testing with production data. It struck me as oxymoronic, since we know production data should not be used for testing at all …

Of course we know how tempting it is to use production data for testing applications, simulating databases, prototyping ETL operations, and just about anything else that needs to work with the real thing. Read More

Data Migration

What is ODBC?

by Don Purnhagen

ODBC, Open Database Connectivity, is an industry-standard application programming interface (API) for access to both relational and non-relational database management systems (DBMS). ODBC was first developed by the SQL Access Group (SAG) in 1992 in response to the need to access data stored in a variety of proprietary personal computer, minicomputer, and mainframe databases without having to know their proprietary interfaces.

Data Masking/Protection

What is Data Pseudonymization?

by Jeff Simpson

This article deals with pseudonymization as one method of de-identifying or anonymizing sensitive data.

The unauthorized use or misuse of our personally identifiable information (or PII) — such as name, social security number, date of birth, mother’s maiden name, place of birth, etc. Read More

Data Masking/Protection

Data Masking and Encryption Are Different [video]

by Jeff Simpson

It is a common mistake to refer to data masking and data encryption interchangeably to mean the same things. While field-level encryption is considered one of many possible “data masking” functions, we define data masking and encryption as technically distinct processes below. Read More

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? The Case for Safe, Intelligent Database Test Data

What is ODBC?

What is Data Pseudonymization?

Data Masking and Encryption Are Different [video]