Create Custom Encryption Schemes
To supplement Privacera's default encryption schemes, you can define your own.
Prerequisites#
Before you create a custom encryption scheme, prepare the following details:
- A useful name and description of the encryption scheme
- Input tag names you want to encrypt
- The data format, datatype, algorithm of encryption you want to apply to those tags, and the scope of the encryption on the input data. See Reference: Formats, Algorithms, and Scopes.
Steps to Create Custom Encryption Schemes#
To create schemes for encryption in the Privacera Portal:
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Click Encryption & Masking and click Schemes from the left menu.
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Click Add to add the new scheme.
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Enter the following details:
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Name: The scheme name, such as US_PHONE_3rdParty
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Description: Description of the scheme
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Tags: The input tag type, such as US_PHONE_NUMBER
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Format type: The encryption format type, such as FPE_ALPHA_NUMERIC, Alphanumeric
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Scope: All
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Value: The value of the scheme
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Encryption API: Privacera (default), BOUNCY_CASTLE.
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Algorithm: The encryption algorithm: FPE, Hash, Token, Mask, Standard 256, SHA_256, SHA_512
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Click Save to save the changes or Cancel to discard them.