Test Data Management is a strategy for organizations to manage their test and development processes to streamline cloning processes and secure data. Enterprise IT organizations need to be equipped to deliver the clones needed to meet upgrade and patch cycles and maintain data security.
Robust Test Data Management processes are critical to maintaining applications and databases, but creating the necessary clones is a labor intensive activity for any IT department. Multiple clones must be configured and managed across applications, databases, servers, and storage devices, all the while exposing sensitive customer data to potential leaks. With identity theft a growing concern among consumers, regulators and law makers, a strategic approach to test data management is needed.
Challenges with Test Data Management include
• High percentage of large volumes of data not used for tests
• Test data refresh not feasible as and when required
• No data privacy - Test data is replica of production
• Rollback / Roll forward of dates not possible
• Referential Integrity issues within databases
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