A company is looking for a solution to hide data stored in databases. The solution must meet the following requirements: - Be efficient at protecting the production environment - Not require any…

The correct answer is A. Masking. Dynamic data masking works at the presentation layer, sitting between your database and application-and transforms sensitive fields (for example, showing “J S*” instead of “John Smith”) without altering the underlying data or touching the application code. This approach…

Submitted by ngozi_ng· Mar 6, 2026Security Engineering

Question

A company is looking for a solution to hide data stored in databases. The solution must meet the following requirements:

Be efficient at protecting the production environment
Not require any change to the application
Act at the presentation layer

Which of the following techniques should be used?

Options

AMasking
BSteganography
CAlgorithmic
DRandom substitution

How the community answered

(40 responses)

A
95% (38)
B
3% (1)
C
3% (1)

Explanation

Dynamic data masking works at the presentation layer, sitting between your database and application-and transforms sensitive fields (for example, showing “J*** S****” instead of “John Smith”) without altering the underlying data or touching the application code. This approach efficiently protects production systems, requires no changes to the application, and enforces masking policies in real time.

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