SQL Data Catalog 2.0 provides a simple, policy-driven approach to data protection, through data masking. It can now automatically generate the static masking sets that Data Masker will use to protect your entire database, directly from the data classification metadata held within the catalog. Read more
Chris Unwin describes a strategy, using data masking, cloned databases and PowerShell, which will allow you to sanitize data before provisioning test or development environments. Read more
Grant Fritchey discusses the need to ‘shift left’ the database and associated database testing, while keeping sensitive data secure when it is outside the production environment, and how SQL Provision can help you achieve this. Read more
Richard Macaskill describes a lightweight copy-and-generate approach for making a sanitized database build available to development teams, using SQL Clone, SQL Change Automation and SQL Data Generator. Read more