Using column security to govern sensitive data

Data Modeling in Sigma

Ben Harris

Technical Instructional Designer at Sigma

Sensitive data and PII

PII = Personal identifiable information

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Data Modeling in Sigma

Sensitive data and PII

  • Managing PII is critical
  • Solution = column-level security (CLS)

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Data Modeling in Sigma

What is column-level security?

  • Limit who can view a column in a data model
  • Best practice is to govern from a data model perspective

column level security example

Data Modeling in Sigma

What is column-level security?

 

  • Restrict for all users, specific users/teams, or user attribute
  • CLS = Sigma's recommended way to secure data
  • Hiding a column is not security like CLS
Data Modeling in Sigma

What is column-level security?

 

Example data

Data Modeling in Sigma

What is column-level security?

Not everyone should see personal information

Example data

Data Modeling in Sigma

What is column-level security?

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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Data Modeling in Sigma

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