Data Masking Pack 12.1.0.3 Certified with E-Business Suite 12.1.3

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Oracle has announced the certification of the E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Data Masking Template
for the Data Masking Pack with Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12.1.0.3. You
can use the Oracle Data Masking
Pack with Oracle
Enterprise Manager Grid Control 12c to scramble sensitive data in
cloned E-Business Suite environments.

You may scramble data in E-Business Suite cloned environments with
EM12.1.0.3 using the following template:

• E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Data Masking Template for Data Masking
  Pack with EM12c (Patch 18462641)

What does data masking do in E-Business Suite
environments?

Application data masking does the following:

• De-identify the data: Scramble identifiers of individuals, also
  known as personally identifiable information or PII. Examples include
  information such as name, account, address, location, and driver's license
  number.
  
• Mask sensitive data: Mask data that, if associated with personally
  identifiable information (PII), would cause privacy concerns. Examples include
  compensation, health and employment information.
  
• Maintain data validity: Provide a fully functional application.
  

How can EBS customers use data masking?

The Oracle E-Business
Suite Template for Data Masking Pack can be used in situations where
confidential or regulated data needs to be shared with other non-production
users who need access to some of the original data, but not necessarily every
table. Examples of non-production users include internal application developers
or external business partners such as offshore testing companies, suppliers or
customers.

Due to data dependencies, scrambling E-Business Suite data is not a trivial
task. The data needs to be scrubbed in such a way that allows the application
to continue to function. The template works with the Oracle Data Masking Pack
and Oracle Enterprise Manager to obscure sensitive E-Business Suite information
that is copied from production to non-production environments.

The Oracle E-Business Suite Template for Data Masking Pack is applied to a
non-production environment with the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Data Masking
Pack. When applied, the Oracle E-Business Suite Template for Data Masking Pack
will create an irreversibly scrambled version of your production database for
development and testing.


Is there a charge for this?

Yes. You must purchase licenses for the Oracle Data Masking Pack to use the
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 template. The Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3
Template for the Data Masking Pack is included with the Oracle Data Masking Pack
license. You can contact your Oracle account manager for more details about
licensing.

References

Additional details and requirements are provided in the following My Oracle
Support Note:

• Using Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 Template for the Data
  Masking Pack with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.1 Data Masking Tool (Note
  1481916.1)
  
• Masking
  Sensitive Data in the Oracle Database Real Application Testing User's Guide 11g
  Release 2 (11.2)
  

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