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DA0-001 · Question #143

A financial institution is reporting on sales performance to a company at the account level. Due to the sensitive nature of the government the does it with, some account information is not shown. Whic

The correct answer is D. Customer name. When reporting sensitive account-level sales performance, masking the customer name is essential to protect personally identifiable information and ensure data privacy.

Data Governance, Quality, and Controls

Question

A financial institution is reporting on sales performance to a company at the account level. Due to the sensitive nature of the government the does it with, some account information is not shown. Which of the following fields should be masked?

Options

  • ASales volume
  • BStart date
  • CProduct name
  • DCustomer name

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    12% (3)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    81% (21)

Why each option

When reporting sensitive account-level sales performance, masking the customer name is essential to protect personally identifiable information and ensure data privacy.

ASales volume

Sales volume, especially when aggregated or anonymized, is generally not considered sensitive data requiring masking.

BStart date

Start date is typically not sensitive information that necessitates masking.

CProduct name

Product name usually refers to public-facing information and is not classified as sensitive data that requires masking.

DCustomer nameCorrect

Customer name is personally identifiable information (PII) and is considered highly sensitive data that must be protected. Masking customer names is a crucial practice for ensuring data privacy, complying with regulations, and preventing unauthorized disclosure of individual identities in reports.

Concept tested: Data masking for PII

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-get-started

Topics

#Data Masking#Data Privacy#PII#Data Governance

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