Data masking

Data masking should be used in accordance with the organization's topic-specific policy on access control and other related topic-specific policies and business requirements, taking applicable legislation into consideration.

Purpose

To limit exposure of sensitive data while maintaining usability for testing and development.

Implementation Guidance

Identify sensitive data requiring masking

Implement masking in non-production environments

Use appropriate masking techniques (tokenization, anonymization)

Test masked data for usability

Document masking procedures

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