De-Identifying data

Introduction to Data Privacy

Tiffany Lewis

Security and Privacy Instructor

Protecting sensitive information

• Protecting sensitive information
  • Internal employees
  • External actors
• Compliance implications
• Several layers of security

De-identification techniques

• Anonymization and pseudonymization
• Methods and tools used to make data unreadable
• Different use cases for each

Pseudonymization

• False name
• Data is made unrecognizable, but can be returned to its original state
• Batman and Bruce Wayne

Pseudonymization example

Anonymization

• Irreversible state change
• Removal of personal identifiers
• A human transforming into a zombie

Anonymization example

Let's practice!

Introduction to Data Privacy