Security Basics: Key Elements You Need to Know

 

Master data management is a crucial system for managing golden records effectively. Therefore making sure that this information used by right person , by right way is equally important. Who can use data , what data should be accessible to user , and how to use it effectively are few important questions which can be addressed by different security modules of MDM.

Tool Access: Tool access is available in hub console and it helps to manage available process and workbench. User need to have Administrator access to work with "Tool Access " .

Dynamic Data Masking : This feature helps to mask sensitive information when user opens any record. Dynamic Data Masking is Informatica product. So you need to make sure that you are using supported version of Dynamic data masking.

Security Access Manager : This tool is accessible from MDM hub console. This will protect unauthorized access to MDM resources which are like Base Object , Cleanse function. You can assign below privileges :

1. Read 
2. Create
3. Update
4. Delete
5. Merge
6. Execute

Authentication : Authentication is the process of identifying the user. User name and password will help to authenticate. Type of Authentication :

1. Internal : User will be created in MDM hub and will be having password stored into MDM.
2. External : User will be authenticated using external system like LDAP , Microsoft Active Directory.

Authorization : Authorization is the process to determine if user has sufficient privileges to perform operation which user is trying to do. 

Secure Resources and Privileges : Resources can be secure or private. MDM does have below resources : 

Base objects
Mappings
Packages
Cleanse functions
Match rule sets
Metadata
Profiles
Users table 

We can assign privileges to this resources. You can create group of resources and assign to roles.

Roles :  In MDM implementation, a variety of roles play crucial parts, including project manager, architect, developer, and administrator. To effectively manage MDM data, key roles such as business analysts, data stewards, and business users are essential. Furthermore, users have the flexibility to create new roles tailored to specific business requirements