An anonymizer is a tool that de-identifies or masks data/event unidentifiable. It could be a proxy server that acts as a shield between internet and the local network or it can be a tool that consumes data from the source and modifies it into a untraceable data into the destination(like removal of sensitive/protected information).
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create extension for anonymize failing
I'm interested in trying to 'anonymize' a field using static masking in Postgres Greenplum using code from this site:
https://postgresql-anonymizer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/static_masking/
The code I'm starting with this (on a Greenplum server using…

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How can I query what security labels exist on a table?
Using the postgresql-anonymizer Postgres extension I've set security labels for masking on a number of columns.
e.g.
SECURITY LABEL FOR anon ON COLUMN "Customer"."firstName" IS 'MASKED WITH FUNCTION anon.fake_first_name()
I want a way to query if…

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anonymize_table appears to convert table names input to lowercase
I'm testing out using anonymize_table(table_name) via postgresql-anonymizer on a database to attempt to anonymise data.
However, when using the command SELECT anon.anonymize_table('Users'). It returns the error message: ERROR: column "Users" does…

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What are 'officially approved' implementations to anonymize LONG values (id in table) for GDRP requirements
I want to create an anonymized version of a table where one of the id fields (long) needs to be anonymized.
The table is queried by a huge number of different business stake holders so I would prefer to not change the field type in order to minimize…

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Issues with setting up CryptopANT IP address anonymization library
Errors with compiling CryptopANT binaries:
> gcc scramble_ips.c -o scramble_ips
produces
scramble_ips.c: In function ‘main’:
scramble_ips.c:354:16: error: ‘regex4’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘regexec’?
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How to set attribut weight and hierarchy maximum level in arx api
I am using the pyarxaas python library to anonymization data. I have created a basic example using it and it is working fine. Now, I want to set a maximum limit of the hierarchy for the specific column as well as I want to add attribute weight using…

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'anonymizer.anonymization'
Getting this error:
(blur) D:\anonymizer-master\anonymizer\bin>python anonymize.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "anonymize.py", line 20, in
from anonymizer.anonymization import Anonymizer
By Running this file:
import…

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Is there a way to anonymize a list of names by replacing the letters with asterisks in Excel?
I have a list of names in a column e.g.:
Bob Adam Smith, Steve Jobs, Stacy Jones
I’d like to use these names for a case study presentation, but they have to be anonymized.
I imagine something like:
B@b A@@m S@@@h, S@@@e J@@s, S@@@y J@@@s
But with…

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MS SQL Server Data Anonymise
I have this requirement: we are going to restore production database into UAT for testing few use cases. We should anonymise required data (Ex: SSN, Credit Card etc) from all types of users (including sysadmin, db owner). No one should be able to…

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Simple, good-looking crosstabs that allow anonymization
Is there an easy way to annonymize crosstabs created with the tbl_cross function from the gtsummary package?
Or is there an alternative package that I can just use?
For example, I want to anonymize all values that are >5.

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Error During anonymization DB postgres using dataDefender
After analyze my db using DataDefender and during i anonymized it ,i faced an exception !
you can find the error description below:
Desktop\DataDefender\sample_projects\database_discovery\postgresql>java -jar datadefender.jar anonymize…

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anonymize rdbms datas, keeping key relations
Is there a "ready-to-use" method to anonymize datas, but keeping relations between keys ?
For example, I have :
Table #1
user code
zip code
ztxp15
45789
And :
Table #2
user code
order date
ztxp15
2021-06-27 06:22pm
I want…

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Anomynizing first_name, last_name and full_name columns by replacing it with pronunciable english words in a dataframe Spark Scala
I am trying to anonymize the production data with human readable replacements - this will not only mask the actual data but also will give it a callable identity for recognition.
Please help me on how to anonymize the dataframe columns like…

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Anonymize sales and other data in MS SQL
I need to anonymize some data from our production server so that I can review the data for further business opportunities. For example, I use the Adventureworks database.
Let's say I have the data as in the table below and I have to anonymize it…

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Create a hashed string using a cipher code to anonymize a data?
Say I have a text file with following data:
Name Year
John Scully 1966
Alex Klaus 1961
....
....
Is there an algorithm or method where I can pass the concatenated first and last name, using birth year as a cipher code to generate an encrypted…

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