Data Obfuscation

  • Hey all,

    Just wondering if anyone has had any experiences with data obfuscation.

    With the onslaught of laws and regulation regarding personal privacy, I am rather shocked to see the lack of valuable third-party data obfuscation tools.

    I have been notified more than once by companies that my private personal information may have been compromised due to a loss of backup data, and these are not small companies. 

    Interested in feedback...

    A fellow SQL Kung Fu fighter.

  • Check out RSA. They have tools that will encrypt data as it moves from the front-end application to the back-end database.

    -SQLBill

  • A fellow SQL Kung Fu fighter.


    Everything you can imagine is real.

  • Encryption is really a different topic.  Databases/columns/files/backups can be encrypted relatively easily.  What I am looking for is a tool that will scramble real data for distribution to third-parties as well as service QA and development environments without compromising sensitive information and not relying upon random data generators.

  • I'm not sure why not either. It's a good product space and it would definitely help with this issue.

    Perhaps a cross join with a table of names, random SSNs, etc. would make some sense.

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