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OBFUSCATION [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
DEF

The modification of certain characteristics of an image in order to mask elements that could contribute to the identification of a person.

OBS

Blurring a license plate and pixelating a person's face are examples of image obfuscation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Modification de certaines caractéristiques d'une image afin de dissimuler des éléments qui pourraient contribuer à l'identification d'une personne.

OBS

Le floutage d'une plaque d'immatriculation et la pixélisation du visage d'une personne sont des exemples de dépersonnalisation d'image.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Data Banks and Databases
DEF

... the process of deliberately transforming or masking data to make it unreadable or meaningless to anyone who doesn't have authorization, while keeping it usable for those who do.

CONT

Unlike simply encrypting data (which locks it completely until decrypted), data obfuscation often allows data to remain partially usable for things like software testing, analytics, or troubleshooting. ... Some forms of obfuscation are reversible (you can get the original data back with the right key or process, as in decryption) and others are irreversible (once obfuscated, the original values cannot be restored, as in most masking scenarios).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Banques et bases de données
CONT

Lorsqu'un profil de brouillage de données est activé, le système masque les données pour chaque événement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Bancos y bases de datos
CONT

Cuando se trata de proteger datos confidenciales, se nos ocurren dos estrategias clave: el enmascaramiento y la ofuscación de datos. [...] El enmascaramiento de datos implica reemplazar datos confidenciales con valores ficticios o codificados, mientras que la ofuscación implica ocultar los datos reales mediante cifrado u otros métodos. Ambos enfoques tienen el mismo propósito: evitar el acceso no autorizado a información confidencial.

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Record 3 2025-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

The transformation of a program's source code in order to render it unintelligible.

CONT

Obfuscation is a technique by which code is transformed into a form that is semantically the same as the original program, but is difficult to extract meaning from.

OBS

Obfuscation is notably used to protect a program from being excessively reused.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Codes (Logiciels)
DEF

Transformation du code source d'un programme destinée à le rendre incompréhensible.

CONT

Le brouillage du code est une technique essentielle de lutte contre la rétro-ingénierie. L'objectif est de rendre le code aussi confus que possible tout en conservant les mêmes fonctionnalités.

OBS

Le brouillage permet notamment de protéger un programme d'une réutilisation abusive.

OBS

brouillage : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 1er janvier 2013.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Códigos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

[...] proceso de transformar un código fuente legible y comprensible en un formato que es difícil de entender y analizar.

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