IRI, The CoSort Company

10/17/2025

The Brightstar Lottery Group breach that exposed the PII of >100K people reportedly involved data of a complex and unstructured nature .... exactly what the IRI DarkShield data discovery and masking tool protects. Learn more at https://www.iri.com/products/darkshield/overview

10/16/2025

Brightstar Lottery just disclosed a data breach from their internal systems on Nov. 17, 2024 , which exposed the PII of 103,879 people:
https://www.claimdepot.com/data-breach/brightstar-2025

10/16/2025

Bad data in, bad results out. 🚫

Whether it’s in databases or flat files, IRI CoSort and Voracity make it easy to clean, validate, filter, and standardize your data — all within the same job that integrates, masks, or reports it.

Improve accuracy, consistency, and trust across your data workflows.

Learn more: https://www.iri.com/solutions/data-transformation/scrub-cleanse

10/14/2025

Microsoft SharePoint is where collaboration happens — and where sensitive data often resides. 🛡️

Learn how to connect IRI DarkShield to SharePoint to discover, classify, and mask PII/PHI directly in your repositories. Keep your content secure without disrupting workflow.

Read the step-by-step integration guide:
🔗 https://www.iri.com/blog/data-protection/connecting-darkshield-to-sharepoint/

Learn how to search and mask PII in SharePoint Online files in Azure using IRI DarkShield, after authenticating your connection with EntraID.

10/10/2025

If you store PII or other sensitive information in Oracle E-Business Suite, protect it before it's breached. Use IRI DarkShield to find, mask and update the underlying data in place, while respecting constraints. Learn more at:
https://www.iri.com/products/workbench/darkshield-gui/rdb-masking

10/09/2025

Vulnerabilities in Oracle’s E-Business Suite ERP software appear to have led to the theft of sensitive information by the Cl0p cybercrime group: https://www.securityweek.com/oracle-says-known-vulnerabilities-possibly-exploited-in-recent-extortion-attacks/

10/07/2025

Compliance officers are on the front line of risk management—responsible for oversight, reporting, and protecting sensitive information. 🛡️

IRI solutions streamline their work by enabling:
✔️ Faster, more accurate audits
✔️ Stronger data controls
✔️ Smarter, automated reporting

Learn how IRI empowers compliance professionals to stay ahead of regulations and safeguard organizational trust: https://www.iri.com/customers/user-roles/compliance-officer

10/03/2025

If you store PII in Salesforce and want to nullify the effects of a data breach like the one affecting Stellantis customers, an IRI data masking tool will protect the PII inside. Here's how:
https://www.iri.com/blog/data-protection/connecting-masking-data-salesforce/

10/02/2025

The ShinyHunters extortion group has successfully breached another SalesForce instance, this one belonging to automaker Stellantis. They netted 18M records, including names and contact information:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/automaker-giant-stellantis-confirms-data-breach-after-salesforce-hack/

10/02/2025

🔐 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month—a reminder that protecting sensitive information is everyone’s responsibility.

From PII discovery and masking to encryption and test data management, IRI Voracity helps organizations:
✔️ Prevent data breaches
✔️ Comply with GDPR, HIPAA, CPRA, and more
✔️ Safeguard customer trust

Take steps to strengthen your defenses this month and beyond:
https://www.iri.com/solutions/data-masking

09/30/2025

Dictionary lookups are everywhere—in ETL, MDM, data quality, masking (pseudonymization), test data, and beyond.

IRI Voracity supports both:
✔️ Database lookups
✔️ External datasets, called set files

Set files are flexible, reusable, and powerful assets for replacing values, standardizing data, and ensuring quality across projects.

Explore how they work in this primer:
https://www.iri.com/blog/test-data/all-about-iri-set-files-a-primer/

09/29/2025

Even if attackers get your data, encryption of the PII elements inside can still keep it safe.
IRI FieldShield and DarkShield can classify/discover and:
✔️ Securely encrypt sensitive values
✔️ Manage keys in Azure Key Vault or Alliance Key Manager
✔️ Differentiate access by role or environment

Learn more at:
https://www.iri.com/solutions/data-masking/static-data-masking/encrypt/overview