CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Practice Question
What is the primary purpose of applying masking to sensitive data within an organization's IT environment?
To physically separate sensitive data from the rest of the organization's data environment
To irreversibly transform data into a cryptographic string to verify its integrity
To encrypt data with a cryptographic key to ensure only authorized users can access the content
To obscure specific data elements within a database to hide sensitive information from unauthorized viewers