What's New in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting

This preface contains:

Versioning of Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting

The Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting version is based on the current version of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Plug-in.

What's new in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting 24ai

This section describes the features introduced in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting 24ai.

Modernized UI for Data Discovery and Data Masking with Oracle Javascript Extension Toolkit (JET)

  • Unified Console Experience: Easily switch between key DMS components—Overview, Data Discovery, Data Masking, and Data Subsetting—all within a single, streamlined interface.
  • Simplified Navigation: Access features with a reorganized menu, enabling direct and intuitive navigation within each component.
  • Workflow Diagrams: Visualize typical workflows with newly introduced, clean and easy-to-understand diagrams.
  • Enterprise-Level Overview Dashboard: Gain insights with the all-new Data Masking and Subsetting Overview dashboard, offering metrics to effectively manage discovery and masking activities across your databases.

UI Performance Enhancements for Data Discovery and Data Masking

  • Optimized Workflow Execution: Perform workflows without unnecessary delays by loading only the data required for the requested operation, reducing resource usage and user wait times.
  • Responsive Design: A UI that seamlessly adapts to devices of various sizes, ensuring a consistent experience across desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
  • Faster Workflow Execution: Enhanced flow execution times for operations like creating masking formats or definitions, leveraging Oracle JET UI and optimizations such as lazy loading.
  • Improved Filtering: Enable faster, client-side searches by eagerly loading data, removing dependency on server-side filtering.
  • Support for Bulk Operations: Simplify repetitive tasks with bulk operations, such as adding sensitive columns in bulk, minimizing clicks and effort.
  • Intuitive Masking Format Creation: Simplify the creation of custom masking formats with drag-and-drop support for reorganizing format entries.

What's new in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 1 Update 3 (RU03)

This section describes the features introduced in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 1 Update 3 (RU03).

New Sensitive Types

With the introduction of Release Update 03 (RU03), 118 new sensitive types have been introduced, expanding coverage across key data domains.

Categorizing Sensitive Types

To make discovery and selection more intuitive, all sensitive types, both new and existing are now organized into eight predefined categories.

  • Academic
  • Biographic
  • Employment
  • Financial
  • Healthcare
  • Identification
  • Information Technology
  • User Defined

For more information, see Sensitive Type Catagorization

New Discovery Algorithm

The data discovery logic in RU03 has been enhanced to improve the accuracy and efficiency of identifying sensitive columns. A new ranking system determines how closely a column matches a sensitive type based on its name, comment, and data. Note that Java compatible regular expressions are now suppoorted. For more information, see Identifying Sensitive Columns

Oracle-Defined Masking Formats Cannot be Edited or Deleted

The Edit/Delete option is disabled for Oracle-defined Library Masking Formats.

What's new in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 1 Update 2 (RU02)

This section describes the features introduced in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 1 Update 2 (RU02).

New Library Masking Formats
In Release 24.1 (EM RU02), the following new Library Masking Formats are now supported:
  • Stock
  • Bank Account Number
  • Bank Routing Number
  • IMEI Number
  • Australian Tax File Number
  • Australian Business Number (ABN)
  • Australian Company Number (ACN)
  • Australian Medicare Number
  • Australian Medicare Provider Number
  • Marital Status
  • IPv4
  • IPv6
  • Date-Past
  • Date-Card Expiration
  • IBAN
  • IBAN (Space-Seperated)
  • IPv6 Dual
  • Indian Financial System Code (IFSC)
  • SWIFT/BIC (8-digit)
  • SWIFT/BIC (11-digit)
  • Age
  • Income Identification Number
  • Weight (Pound)
  • Height (Centimeter)
  • Gender
  • Blood Type
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Japan My Number
  • Korea Resident Registration Number (RRN)
  • China Resident ID (PRC) Number
  • URL
  • Random Name
  • Email Address
  • MAC Address (Colon-Seperated)
  • MAC Address (Hyphenated)
  • MAC Address (Dot-Seperated)
  • ICD-9-CM
  • ICD-10-CM
New Sensitive Types
In Release 1 Update 2 (RU02), the following new types are now supported:
  • State
  • Country
  • Citizenship
  • Compensation
  • Employee Identification Number
  • Job Title
  • Occupation
  • Health Insurance Number
  • Nationality
  • National Identifier
  • Fax Number
  • Facebook Id
  • URL
  • International Mobile Equipment Identity Number (IMEI)
  • Admission Year
  • Admission Date
  • Graduation Year
  • Graduation Date
  • Passport Number
  • Visa Number
  • Driver License Number
  • Work Permit Number
  • Tax Identification Number (TIN)
  • Voter Identification Number
  • Middle Name
  • Maiden Name
  • Street
  • District
  • Mother's Name
  • Father's Name

Sensitive types can also be added manually.

Bulk Operations

Bulk operations to mark columns as sensitive or non-sensitive are now supported. For more information, see the Automatically Discover Sensitive Data section under Modify an Existing ADM

Privilege Script Download Option

You can download the privilege script from Enterprise Manager. For more information see Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Access Rights

Modification of ADM Properties

Modification of ADM properties (name, description, and associated database) are now allowed. For more information see Modify an Existing ADM

What's new in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 1 Update 1 (RU01)

This section describes the features introduced in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 1 Update 1 (RU01).

Sensitive Types
In Release 1 Update 1 (RU01), the following new types are now supported:
  • Card Type
  • City Name
  • Full Address
  • Hire Data
  • IBAN
  • Indian Financial System Code (IFSC)
  • Marital Status
  • SWIFT/BIC
  • Termination Date
  • Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

Sensitive types can also be added manually.

Changes in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 13.5

This section describes the features introduced in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 13.5.

Data Masking and Subsetting for Autonomous Databases

Data Masking and Subsetting functionalities are now available for Autonomous Databases in Oracle Enterprise Manager (13c Release 5 Update 10). You can use this comprehensive solution to minimize data exposure in non-production environments by discovering and masking sensitive production data.

Enhancements and Additions to Sensitive Types

Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Pack provides a comprehensive solution to manage secure production data for test and development environments. The sensitive data is identified through sensitive data discovery, where you can define search patterns specific to your business. You can also leverage the sensitive types that are available out-of-the-box. The pre-defined types that were updated include:
  • Credit Card Number
  • Email ID
  • IP Address
  • ISBN_10
  • ISBN_13
  • National Insurance Number
  • Phone Number
  • Social Insurance Number
  • Social Security Number
  • Universal Product Code
  • Age
  • Card Expiration Date
  • Card Security Code
  • Card Security PIN
  • Date of Birth
  • Ethnicity
  • First Name
  • Full Name
  • Gender
  • India Aadhaar Number
  • India PAN
  • Last Name
  • MAC Address
  • Mexico CURP Code
  • Place of Birth
  • Postal Code
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Sexual Orientation

Sensitive types can also be added manually.