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SY0-701 · Question #746

Which of the following solutions would most likely be used in the financial industry to mask sensitive data?

The correct answer is A. Tokenization. Tokenization replaces sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, with non-sensitive equivalents (tokens) that have no exploitable value outside the system. It is widely used in the financial industry to protect data while maintaining functionality for processing and analysis.

Submitted by layla.eg· Mar 6, 2026General security concepts

Question

Which of the following solutions would most likely be used in the financial industry to mask sensitive data?

Options

  • ATokenization
  • BHashing
  • CSalting
  • DSteganography

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    80% (43)
  • B
    11% (6)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    7% (4)

Explanation

Tokenization replaces sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, with non-sensitive equivalents (tokens) that have no exploitable value outside the system. It is widely used in the financial industry to protect data while maintaining functionality for processing and analysis.

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