Sanitization
Encyclopedia
Sanitization can refer to
- Data sanitization, has two distinct meanings:
- the use of anonymization and other techniques to "sanitize" (often statistical) data to purge it of personally-identifiable information in order to protect user privacy; such techniques include:
- NULLing out
- masking dataData maskingData masking is the process of obscuring specific data elements within data stores. It ensures that sensitive data is replaced with realistic but not real data. The goal is that sensitive customer information is not available outside of the authorized environment...
- data substitutionImputation (statistics)In statistics, imputation is the substitution of some value for a missing data point or a missing component of a data point. Once all missing values have been imputed, the dataset can then be analysed using standard techniques for complete data...
- shuffling records
- number varianceVarianceIn probability theory and statistics, the variance is a measure of how far a set of numbers is spread out. It is one of several descriptors of a probability distribution, describing how far the numbers lie from the mean . In particular, the variance is one of the moments of a distribution...
- gibberishGibberishGibberish is a generic term in English for talking that sounds like speech, but carries no actual meaning. This meaning has also been extended to meaningless text or gobbledygook. The common theme in gibberish statements is a lack of literal sense, which can be described as a presence of nonsense...
generation - encryptionEncryptionIn cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information...
- the removal of malicious data from user input, such as formForm (web)A webform on a web page allows a user to enter data that is sent to a server for processing. Webforms resemble paper or database forms because internet users fill out the forms using checkboxes, radio buttons, or text fields...
submissions
- the use of anonymization and other techniques to "sanitize" (often statistical) data to purge it of personally-identifiable information in order to protect user privacy; such techniques include:
- DisinfectionDisinfectionDisinfectants are substances that are applied to non-living objects to destroy microorganisms that are living on the objects. Disinfection does not necessarily kill all microorganisms, especially nonresistant bacterial spores; it is less effective than sterilisation, which is an extreme physical...
, the destruction of pathogenic and other kinds of microorganisms - Sanitization (classified information)Sanitization (classified information)Sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document or other medium, so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. When dealing with classified information, sanitization attempts to reduce the document's classification level, possibly yielding an unclassified...
- CensorshipCensorshipthumb|[[Book burning]] following the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 coup]] that installed the [[Military government of Chile |Pinochet regime]] in Chile...
, removing information from a published document