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You just hired an outside developer to modernize some applications with new web services and functionality. In order to implement a comprehensive test platform for validation, the developer needs a…

The correct answer is C. Static. Static masking takes a data set and produces a copy of it, but with sensitive data fields masked. This allows for a full data set from production for testing purposes, but without any sensitive data. Dynamic masking works with a live system and is not used to produce a distinct…

Submitted by katya_ua· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Data Security

Question

You just hired an outside developer to modernize some applications with new web services and functionality. In order to implement a comprehensive test platform for validation, the developer needs a data set that resembles a production data set in both size and composition. In order to accomplish this, what type of masking would you use?

Options

  • ADevelopment
  • BReplicated
  • CStatic
  • DDynamic

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    7% (3)
  • B
    14% (6)
  • C
    77% (33)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

Static masking takes a data set and produces a copy of it, but with sensitive data fields masked. This allows for a full data set from production for testing purposes, but without any sensitive data. Dynamic masking works with a live system and is not used to produce a distinct copy. The terms "replicated" and "development" are not types of masking.

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#Data Masking#Static Data Masking#Test Data Management#Data Protection

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