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January 28, 2020March 5, 2023

What Is Data Provisioning in Test Data Management?

This post aims to answer a simple question. Namely, what is data provisioning in the context of Test Data Management (TDM.)

Socrata’s glossary of technical terms defines data provisioning as:

The process of making data available in an orderly and secure way to users, application developers, and applications that need it.

But remember what we want here is to understand what data provisioning is in TDM. While the question itself is—seemingly—simple, you’ll see that it can quickly generate a lot of other questions that need answering if we are to see the big picture.

We start by taking a look at the current state of affairs in the software development world. You’ll understand why applying automation to the software development process is vital for modern organizations and what roles the automated testing plays in this scenario.

We then give an overview of TDM. You’ll learn what Test Data Management is and why it is essential for a healthy testing strategy.

With all of that out of the way, it’ll be time for the main section of the post, where we’ll see what data provisioning is and how it fits into the TDM puzzle.

Let’s get started.

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January 14, 2020

What Is the Primary Objective of Data Security Controls?

When you develop a data security architecture and strategy for your organization, your main objective is to protect the organization’s data.

To do that, you first need to identify all threats and vulnerabilities associated with that data and inform the business about the security risks you identified. Next, you need to introduce appropriate countermeasures to manage those risks based on the risk appetite of the organization. To do that successfully, you need data security controls and you need to have a firm grasp on what the primary objective of data security control is. Today, I want to help by answering these questions in this post.

First, we’ll cover the definition of data security controls, what their main goal is, and why understanding security control objectives are important. Then, we’ll review the seven main security control types and their primary objectives. Following that, we’ll dive into security control categories that allow us to further define these controls. Let’s start by first defining data security controls.

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January 14, 2020

What Does Data Management Include? Introductory Guide

Data management helps you and your organization capture data in a structured and organized way. Also, data management helps improve data quality and makes the data easier to discover. Correct data management implementation brings many advantages to your organization, allowing you and your team to make more informed decisions and improve inefficient processes. But what does data management include?

Data management tackles topics such as data collection and data processing. Let’s take a deeper look at data management. In this article, you’ll find out some of the most important data management best practices and pitfalls.

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