One way to get the data aspect out of the system-complexity equation is to capture a dataset from your production environment and load it into your testing or development environment. People do this not only to reproduce production-only issues, but also to run performance tests, and sometimes even to run functional or exploratory tests. That’s where data masking comes to the rescue.
Data Masking with XLServer
XLServer provides data masking capabilities to obscure sensitive data on clone databases in order to enforce appropriate data privacy. Data Masking is also a key requirement in complying with data protection and privacy regulations, such as EU GDPR.
XLServer data masking is based on a preconfigured templates or user can create their own templates which can be applied on all databases cloned from the source database. The table below shows some existing teplates.
