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TOKENIZACION [1 record]

Record 1 2026-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • IT Security
DEF

The process by which a surrogate value[,] called a token[,] is generated and used in place of the original data or information.

CONT

To mitigate threats to data privacy, organizations are increasingly relying on data tokenization, a process that involves swapping out sensitive data, such as a customer's social security or bank account number, with a randomly generated data string called a token.

Key term(s)
  • data tokenisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Processus consistant à générer une valeur de remplacement[,] appelée jeton[,] et à substituer celle-ci à l'information ou aux données d'origine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Seguridad de IT
DEF

[...] proceso de sustitución de los datos sensibles por un identificador anónimo al que se conoce como token.

Key term(s)
  • toquenización
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