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Data Masking - aishwarya.rajan@bdb.ai - 12-23-2022
Data masking, also known as data obfuscation, is used to hide the actual data using modified content like characters or numbers.
The main objective of data masking is creating an alternate version of data that cannot be easily identifiable or reverse engineered, protecting data classified as sensitive to prevent data breaching.