Data masking can be used to provide all of the following functionality, except:

The correct answer is B. Authentication of privileged users. Data masking does not support authentication in any way. All the others are excellent use cases for data masking.

Submitted by priya_blr· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Data Security

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Options

ATest data in sandboxed environments
BAuthentication of privileged users
CEnforcing least privilege
DSecure remote access

How the community answered

(41 responses)

A
2% (1)
B
90% (37)
C
5% (2)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

Data masking does not support authentication in any way. All the others are excellent use cases for data masking.

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#Data Masking#Data Security#Anonymization#Privacy Controls

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