Data obfuscation

Data Obfuscation helps organizations protect sensitive employee and candidate information in non-production environments.

Personally identifiable information (PII) is masked after a tenant data refresh when production data is copied to lower environments, such as testing, quality assurance, or training.

Data Obfuscation masks PII fields across HCM, including employee and candidate data. Masking is performed as part of the data refresh and cannot be initiated from the application.

By replacing sensitive data with obfuscated values, organizations can use realistic data for testing and training purposes without exposing actual employee or candidate information. This helps reduce the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive data while supporting compliance with data privacy and security requirements.

Masked values are derived from employee or candidate numbers, ensuring that the same records receive consistent obfuscated values in every data refresh. The masking covers both current records and archive tables to provide comprehensive data protection across the environment.

One obfuscation setup record is required for each HR organization. These records are automatically created by the Create Data Obfuscation Records post-upgrade action.

If the Data Obfuscation menu in System Administration is not displayed, manually run the Create Data Obfuscation Records post-upgrade action.

See Customer updates.

Configuring data categories

Before configuring the data categories, you must run the Post Tenant Refresh.

Administrators can configure how personal data categories are masked after a data refresh.

  1. From System Administration, select Data Obfuscation.
  2. In the Primary pane, click Obfuscation Setup.
  3. On the Employee tab, specify the masking options for each category of employee data.
    If Employee address is set to Enter Override Address, specify the override address that is used for all masked employee records.
  4. On the Candidate tab, specify the masking options for each category of candidate data.
    If Candidate address is set to Enter Override Address, specify the override address that is used for all masked candidate records.
  5. On the Pay Rate And Bank Details tab, specify the masking options for employee pay rate and bank account information.
    If Mask employee bank details is set to Populate Fake Numbers in All Account Type Fields, specify the Dummy account number and Dummy routing number.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Submit a data refresh request case ticket and request the use of the data obfuscation feature as part of the refresh process.
    See information about creating a case in Infor HR Talent User and Administration Library and select User > Case Management.