How Do I Prevent Personal Sensitive Data From Being Disclosed During Development and Testing?

Common Causes of Data Breaches

• Insider leakage
  • Laptops or mobile devices are lost or stolen.
  • Sensitive data or storage is accessed by unauthorized personal
  • Sensitive data is sent, printed, and copied by employees.
  • Sensitive data is accidentally transmitted out.
• Leakage caused by external attacks
  • Data access is uncontrollable, or there are security vulnerabilities in the data storage system.
  • Improper configurations allow external attacks.
  • Sensitive data or storage is accessed by unauthorized personal

Video Tutorial

Step 1: Buying the DSC Professional Edition

1. Log in to the DSC console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region or project.
3. If you are a first-time user, click Buy DSC.
4. On the Buy DSC page, select Region and Project from the drop-down lists.
   

   Only one DSC edition can be purchased in a region.

   Figure 1 Selecting a region and edition
   

5. Select an edition. It can be Standard or Professional. For details, see Table 1.

   Table 1 Specifications of different DSC editions

   Edition	Database Quantity	OBS Capacity	API Calls	Function
   Standard	2	100 GB	Not supported	Asset Map Asset Management Sensitive Data Identification Data Security Operations
   Professional	2	100 GB	1 million	Asset Map Asset Management Sensitive Data Identification Data Masking Data Watermarking Data Security Operations Dynamic Data Masking and Watermarking API Calling

6. Select the quantity for Database Expansion Package and OBS Expansion Package. Select AI-assisted Data Security Function Expansion Package.

   To use AI-assisted data security, data security zones, or the trusted key space, you need to purchase the AI-assisted Data Security Function Expansion Package.

   Figure 2 Selecting expansion packages
   

7. Set Required Duration. Select the required duration from one month to three years.

   Select Auto-renew to enable the system to renew your service by the purchased period when the service is about to expire.

8. Click Next.

   If you have any questions about the pricing, click Pricing details.

9. Confirm the order information and agree to the DSC disclaimer by selecting I have read and agree to the Data Security Center Service Statement and click Pay Now.
10. Select a payment method to pay for your order on the displayed page.

Step 2: Identifying Sensitive Data

1. In the navigation pane, choose Classification and Grading > Tasks.
2. Click Create Task. In the displayed dialog box, configure the basic parameters. Set other optional parameters as required.

   Table 2 Parameters for creating a sensitive data identification task

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Task Name	You can customize the task name. The task name must: Contain 4 to 255 characters. Consist of letters, digits, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). Start with a letter. Be unique.	test
   Data Source	Select one or more data sources. OBS: After DSC is authorized to access your Huawei Cloud OBS asset, DSC will identify the sensitive data in it. For details about how to add OBS assets, see Adding an OBS Asset. Database: DSC will identify the sensitive data in the authorized databases. For details about how to authorize a database, see Adding and Authorizing Database Assets. Big Data: DSC will identify the sensitive data in the authorized big data assets. For details about how to authorize big data assets, see Adding and Authorizing Big Data Assets. LTS: DSC will identify the sensitive data in the authorized LTS assets. For details about how to add a log stream, see Adding a Log Stream.	Database > gbx-jiami
   Identification Template	You can select a built-in or custom template. DSC displays data by level and category based on the template you select. For details about how to create an identification template, see Customizing a Rule.	General Cloud Data Security Classification Template
   Identification Period	Set the execution policy of the data identification task. Once: The task will be executed once at a specified time. Daily: The task is executed at a fixed time every day. Weekly: The task is executed at a specified time every week. Monthly: The task is executed at a specified time every month.	Once
   Identification Method	Select incremental or full identification. Incremental identification: Identified data will be skipped. Full identification: All data will be checked.	Full identification
   Identification Method	Select incremental or full identification. Incremental identification: Identified data will be skipped. Full identification: All data will be checked.	Full identification
   When to Execute	This parameter is displayed when Identification Period is set to Once. Now: Select the option and click OK, the system executes the data identification task immediately. As scheduled: The task will be executed at a specified time.	Now

3. Click OK. The sensitive data identification task list is displayed.
4. When the status of the identification task changes to Identification completed. Click View Result in the Operation column to go to the result details page.

   The Birthday and PhoneNumbers columns are identified as sensitive data.

5. In the Operation column of an asset, click View Details.
   Figure 3 Categorizing and leveling results

   

6. Perform operations described in Step 3: Performing Static Data Masking to mask the sensitive data in the Birthday and PhoneNumbers columns of the info1 table in the gbx-jiami database.

Step 3: Performing Static Data Masking

You can use DSC to create data masking tasks for databases, and Elasticsearch, MRS, and Hive assets. This section describes how to create a static data masking task for a database. For details about how to mask data for other data sources, see Creating a Static Data Masking Task.

1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Security Management > Data Masking.
2. Click Create Task to configure the data source.

   Select all data types if you want a complete table that contains all types of data after the data masking is completed.

   Figure 4 Data source configuration
   

3. Click Next to switch to Set Masking Algorithm.
   Figure 5 Configuring the data masking algorithm
   

4. Click Next to switch to the Configure Data Masking Period page and configure the data masking period.
5. Click Next to the Set Target Data page and configure the storage location of the table generated after data masking.
   Figure 6 Configuring the storage location of the table generated after data masking
   

6. Click Finish to return to the database data masking task list. Click to enable the masking task and then Execute in the Operation column to execute the task.

   If the status changes to Completed, the data masking task has been successfully executed.