Terminology in the data protection world is often surprisingly imprecise. “Encryption” is something we all understand, or at least think we do: “A reversible algorithm that uses a key [some secret material] to make data unusable.” But folks also throw around terms such as “tokenization” and “masking” and “obfuscation.” Sometimes these refer to specific technologies; sometimes they are used generically, to… Continue reading Encryption vs. tokenization vs. whatever: What you need to know