ABSTRACT
Testing is an important part of the systems development life cycle (SDLC). The quality of software application depends on the quality of testing. Highquality testing requires high-quality test data. Test data play an important role in ensuring that testing materializes effectively and comprehensively. In this chapter, we concentrate on test data privacy. Test data contain sensitive personally identifiable information (PII), and they should be protected. There is also a mandatory compliance requirement to protect test data. Regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the EU Data Protection Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Swiss Data Protection Act, and so on mandate protection of test data. Chapters 2 through 4 focused on static data anonymization, the classification of data, and the techniques that are available. In this chapter, our focus will be to explore the application of the same concepts and techniques with respect to test data.
