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Actual exam question from ISC's CCSP
Question #: 478
Topic #: 1
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Which of the following best describes data masking?

  • A. A method for creating similar but inauthentic datasets used for software testing and user training.
  • B. A method used to protect prying eyes from data such as social security numbers and credit card data.
  • C. A method where the last few numbers in a dataset are not obscured. These are often used for authentication.
  • D. Data masking involves stripping out all digits in a string of numbers so as to obscure the original number.
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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Makinto
Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago
The answer is B joo!
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AlanJP
Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago
I disagree - data masking has a much wider use than just training and testing. B is probably closer to the truth, but all the answers are too limited and simplistic.
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stack120566
Most Recent 9 months, 2 weeks ago
I think B is a typo.. "A method used to protect prying eyes from data such as social security numbers and credit card data" should read A method used to protect data from prying eyes such as social security numbers and credit card data
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Pika26
1 year, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: B
B: A method used to protect prying eyes from data such as social security numbers and credit card data
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DA95
1 year, 11 months ago
Data masking, also known as data obfuscation, is the process of disguising sensitive data in a database by replacing sensitive data with realistic but inauthentic data. This is done to protect the privacy of individuals and to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information. Data masking is often used to create test datasets for software testing and user training, without revealing sensitive or proprietary data.
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JohnnyBG
9 months, 1 week ago
Masking and obfuscation are different. Masking: still there but masked .. obfuscating can refer to encrypted data or any way of changing the value.
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nigthwish
2 years, 2 months ago
This is a terrible question. All answers are correct but A is the most general. Seems like software testing is specific and not general. Terrible question.
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GregP
2 years, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: B
B or C, but I vote B
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akg001
2 years, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: B
B. A method used to protect prying eyes from data such as social security numbers and credit card data.
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