masking
Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002615
1. The process of systematically removing a field or replacing it with a value in a way that does not preserve the analytic utility of the value, such as replacing a phone number with asterisks or a randomly generated pseudonym.
2. the process of systematically removing a field or replacing it with a value in a way that does not preserve the analytic utility of the value, such as replacing a phone number with asterisks or a randomly generated pseudonym
| Identifier | MLC-T-CYB-002615 |
|---|---|
| Field | Cybersecurity |
| References | NIST SP 800-188; NISTIR 8053; NIST CSRC Glossary |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "1. The process of systematically removing a field or replacing it with a value in a way that does not preserve the analytic utility of the value, such as replacing a phone number with asterisks or a randomly generated pseudonym.\n\n2. the process of systematically removing a field or replacing it with a value in a way that does not preserve the analytic utility of the value, such as replacing a phone number with asterisks or a randomly generated pseudonym",
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"NIST SP 800-188",
"NISTIR 8053",
"NIST CSRC Glossary"
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}
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