Abstract
With the average cost of a data breach exceeding $8 million, safeguarding confidential information has become paramount. Data masking, also known as data anonymization or scrambling, is a crucial process for proactively protecting data and ensuring compliance. Traditional security measures often fail to secure the millions of sensitive data copies in non-production environments.
This whitepaper outlines the necessity of data masking in regulated industries, details the challenges in implementing it, and mentions how Opteamix solves the data masking issue.