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How Data Masking Supports Data Classification

Data security has become a priority for many organizations. As organizations collect increasing amounts of sensitive data and hackers cause more data breaches, the need to properly secure sensitive data grows. Additionally, data protection regulations like the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have taken a hard line on protecting data privacy, with a broader definition of protected data and higher fines for non-compliance and breaches. An important component of properly protecting sensitive data is implementing a data classification strategy. Different types of data...