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madishpa
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Hi,
Could anyone please advise regarding the masking of particular data columns while unloading DB2 tables.
My requirement is to unload DB2 tables from production environment and load into pre-production environment.
I would need to take care of things like masking information related to customer-like name, phone number etc.
Could you please advise if there is already any method for encryption/masking.Even if while loading into pre-production environment if this request is met, then also it is fine.
If not, please advise if there is any tool which can take care of this request.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Pavan. |
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daveporcelan
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There must be many products available to do this.
One I know of is Optim, from IBM (formerly a PST product).
You use this rather than an unload.
If you want to stay with unload/load then you probably need to write your own to mask the data prior to the load.
We chose to use Optim in conjunction with our own code to permform this task.
It took two people, 9 months to complete. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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data masking / obfuscation is not something to be taken lightly!
if the data <obfuscated> is not related to anything else just putting random chars/numbers will be enough
if the data is involved in some kind of <logical relation> with some other tables/dataset You will need a consistent masking approach
the power of Your organization should be aware of the legal aspects of data obfuscation
the most effective approach both from a technical and legal point of view might be to rely on products designed for data masking
google for "data masking obfuscation certification" and You will find lots of hints and gotchas and solutions ( buyt not free ) |
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sushanth bobby
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Pavan,
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masking of particular data columns while unloading DB2 tables
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If those columns are not used in the program. Why unload and load those columns ? You can skip it in the unload and load default values.
As enrico said,
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That would be really interesting.
Sushanth |
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don.leahy
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sushanth bobby
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| Thanks Don. |
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