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Sep 19

## [Why Your Data Security Strategy Should Include Data Masking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/why-your-data-security-strategy-should-include-data-masking)

 Data Masking/Tokenization/Anonymization replaces sensitive information with fictitious data while retaining the original data format. The data masking process lets you continue to work with your data as if it were not encrypted. Databases, business applications and collaboration software continue to work as if the data was real, but unauthorized personnel only have...

September 19, 2017 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/why-your-data-security-strategy-should-include-data-masking#comments-listing) [Compliance](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/compliance), [Data Masking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-masking), [data residency](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-residency), [Tokenization](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/tokenization) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

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## [Tokenization, Encryption and Data Sovereignty...](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/tokenization-encryption-and-data-sovereignty)

 Tokenization is the process of replacing a sensitive data element with a random equivalent, referred to as a token that has no extrinsic or exploitable meaning. The token is a reference that maps back to the original sensitive data through a tokenization system. Both original sensitive data and token are stored encrypted in a secure database. Reversing this process by...

March 01, 2016 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/tokenization-encryption-and-data-sovereignty#comments-listing) [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Data Masking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-masking), [Tokenization](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/tokenization), [cyber threats](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/cyber-threats), [encryption](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/encryption) [By CloudMask Team](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/cloudmask)

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May 09

## [Part 2: Data Security in the Cloud](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-security-in-the-cloud)

 This is the second part of 5 parts discussion where I will present the main risks of Cloud Computing and how CloudMask addresses those risks. I hope to receive your comments. W.A. Any organization that is contemplating using cloud-based services for its computing architecture is necessarily worried about how it is to protect, control and ensure safety for its data...

May 09, 2015 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-security-in-the-cloud#comments-listing) [data security](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-security), [Tokenization](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/tokenization), [cloud computing](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/cloud-computing) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

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