From the course: CSSLP Cert Prep: 2 Secure Software Requirements
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Data anonymization
From the course: CSSLP Cert Prep: 2 Secure Software Requirements
Data anonymization
- [Instructor] If your app collects private data, you'll be in a constant tug-of-war between satisfying your users' privacy requirements and enabling your developers to access the data that the app needs in order to function. Fortunately, you can rely on data anonymization to help you strike a healthy balance. And when you anonymize data, you look for any identifying characteristics within that data, and then you either replace them with random values or you remove them entirely. The end result is a data set that still enables the app to work although the data doesn't contain anything your users want to keep private. This control might sound both corporate and compliance-driven, but it has a very real impact on the people who use your apps. Consider mobile devices for a second. Prior to the iPhone, the notion of mobile devices in the home was pretty unrealistic. A few short years later, though, and it's not uncommon to…
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